12.06.2020 | main topic
Regional differences in hospital admissions for ST-elevation and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarctions during the Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic in Austria
Erschienen in: Wiener klinische Wochenschrift | Ausgabe 13-14/2020
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The first patients with Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) were reported in Wuhan, China at the end of 2019 [1]. In February 2020, Lombardy and Veneto in northern Italy reported a dramatic increase of COVID-19 cases and became epicenters of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV‑2) outbreak in Europe [2]. On 25 February the first two cases of COVID-19 in Austria were confirmed in the neighboring region of Tyrol. In March, SARS-CoV‑2 infections spread over Austria with the highest incidences in West Austria (Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Salzburg) (Fig. 1a). The Austrian government declared an emergency lockdown with a stay at home order on 16 March. The whole state of Tyrol and some regions of Salzburg were quarantined.×
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