The lower COVID-19 related mortality and incidence rates in Eastern European countries are associated with delayed start of community circulation

• Alban Ylli ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: albanylli@yahoo.co.uk

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Medicine, Tirana, Albania, Institute of Public Health, Tirana, Albania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3850-0452

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• Yan Yan Wu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Office of Public Health Studies, University of Honolulu at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Genc Burazeri,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Medicine, Tirana, Albania, Department of International Health, School CAPHRI (Care and Public Health Research Institute), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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• Catherine Pirkle,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Office of Public Health Studies, University of Honolulu at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Tetine Sentell

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Office of Public Health Studies, University of Honolulu at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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