@article{3035149,
    title = "In the midst of the perfect storm: Swift public health actions needed in order to increase societal safety during the COVID-19 pandemic",
    author = "Pikoulis, E. and Puchner, K. and Riza, E. and Kakalou, E. and Pavlopoulos, E. and Tsiamis, C. and Tokakis, V. and Boustras, G. and Terzidis, A. and Karamagioli, V.",
    journal = "SAFETY SCIENCE",
    year = "2020",
    volume = "129",
    publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
    issn = "0925-7535",
    doi = "10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104810",
    keywords = "Renewable energy resources;  Safety testing, Health professionals;  Human interactions;  Mobilisation;  Perfect storm;  Primary healthcare;  Vulnerable groups, Public health, Article;  coronavirus disease 2019;  critically ill patient;  disease transmission;  health care access;  health care personnel;  health care policy;  health care system;  health impact assessment;  home care;  human;  pandemic;  polymerase chain reaction;  primary health care;  priority journal;  public health;  safety;  secondary care center;  seroprevalence;  social determinants of health;  telemedicine;  tertiary care center;  vulnerable population;  World Health Organization",
    abstract = "The phenomenal speed of COVID-19 has subjected the public health professionals worldwide to struggle to subdue the spread of the disease and its impact of the affected societies. The limited biomedical and epidemiological understanding of COVID-19 along with the lack of vaccines and therapeutics have led to the reception of draconian measures from the societal safety domain, limiting human interaction through social distancing. Grounded on the adopted approaches, interventions in sero-prevalence studies, mobilisation of the primary health care (PHC) sector, as well as target socially vulnerable groups should be taken into consideration by heath authorities. © 2020"
}