Taavi Päll, Aare Abroi, Radko Avi, Heiki Niglas, Arina Shablinskaja, Merit Pauskar, Ene-Ly Jõgeda, Hiie Soeorg, Eveli Kallas, Andrio Lahesaare, Kai Truusalu, Dagmar Hoidmets, Olga Sadikova, Kaspar Ratnik, Hanna Sepp, Liidia Dotsenko, Jevgenia Epštein, Heleene Suija, Katrin Kaarna, Steven Smit, Lili Milani, Mait Metspalu, Ott Eric Oopkaup, Ivar Koppel, Erik Jaaniso, Ivan Kuzmin, Heleri Inno, Uku Raudvere, Mari-Anne Härma, Paul Naaber, Tuuli Reisberg, Hedi Peterson, Ulvi Gerst Talas, Irja Lutsar, Kristi Huik
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic was characterised by rapid waves of disease, carried by the emergence of new and more infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus variants. How the pandemic unfolded in various locations during its first two years has yet to be sufficiently covered. To this end, here we are looking at the circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants, their diversity, and hospitalisation rates in Estonia in the period from March 2000 to March 2022. METHODS: We sequenced a total of 27,550 SARS-CoV-2 samples in Estonia between March 2020 and March 2022...
2024: PloS One