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Title
Initial assessment of the COVID-19 vaccination's impact on case numbers, hospitalisations and deaths in people aged 80 years and older, 15 EU/EEA countries, December 2020 to May 2021
Author(s)
Nicolay, Nathalie | Innocenti, Francesco | Beauté, Julien | Učakar, Veronika | Grgič Vitek, Marta | Poukka, Eero | Hannila-Handelberg, Tuula | Gauci, Charmaine | Melillo, Tanya | Georgakopoulou, Theano | Jarkovsky, Jiri | Slezak, Pavel | Delgado-Sanz, Concepcion ISCIII | Olmedo-Lucerón, Carmen | Suija, Heleene | Liausediene, Rasa | O'Lorcain, Piaras | Murphy, Niamh | Peralta-Santos, André | Casaca, Pedro | Gregoriou, Ioanna | Bundle, Nick | Spiteri, Gianfranco | Ravasi, Giovanni
Date issued
2021-12
Citation
Euro Surveill 2021 Dec;26(48):2101030.
Language
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Abstract
Prioritisation of elderly people in COVID-19 vaccination campaigns aimed at reducing severe outcomes in this group. Using EU/EEA surveillance and vaccination uptake, we estimated the risk ratio of case, hospitalisation and death notifications in people 80 years and older compared with 25-59-year-olds. Highest impact was observed for full vaccination uptake 80% or higher with reductions in notification rates of cases up to 65% (IRR: 0.35; 95% CI: 0.13-0.99), hospitalisations up to 78% (IRR: 0.22; 95% CI: 0.13-0.37) and deaths up to 84% (IRR: 0.16; 95% CI: 0.13-0.20).
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MESH
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