# Greece imposes an early nationwide COVID lockdown

Date: 2020

In March 2020 Greece locked down early relative to several larger EU states, citing a thinned hospital system after the bailout years. First-wave deaths stayed comparatively low. A lockdown is a completed public-health act with a measured social cost recorded elsewhere on later waves.

## People

- Kyriakos Mitsotakis: https://factrail.ai/people/kyriakos-mitsotakis

## Drivers

- Infectious-Disease Transmission: https://factrail.ai/drivers/infectious-disease-transmission

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-greece-idUSKBN21A1G4/
- https://www.primeminister.gr/en

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/gr-covid-first-wave-2020