The Republic of Iceland, a former colony of Denmark, is a fascinating little country, with one of the most beautiful, cleanest, greenest and safest capital cities in the world. 

Country area: 103,000 sq. km. (a little less than half the size of the Kingdom of Buganda.)

National Population: 364,000 

Greater Reykjavik Population: 217,000

GDP:US$26 billion

GDP per capita: US$70,000

Icelandic COVID-19 data today:

Confirmed cases: 1,648

Recovered:688

In hospital: 40

In ICU: 11

In Isolation: 954

Quarantined: 3,940

So why has the tiny nation, a high number of identified cases, NOT gone into lockdown mode? Its approach has a lot to teach us. PREPAREDNESS. Iceland, which already had an action plan for a pandemic such as we are in, implemented a policy of early identification, early isolation. To do this, they have been testing everybody who wants it. They have banned gatherings of more than 20 people.

One very big lesson from Iceland's universal screening: 50% (fifty percent) of people who tested positive had NO symptoms.

Food for thought.

Muniini