Drive-through vaccinations prove successful in immunizing mountain communities against tick-borne encephalitis during the COVID-19 pandemic

In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted most of the routine outpatient activities in Italian hospitals and Prevention Departments, including those vaccinations which were not urgent and/or scheduled for children aged 0-6 years. Since June 2020, when the pandemic entered a milder phase, in the...

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Autores principales: DE POLO, ANNA, SCHIAVON, CHIARA, BRANCHER, MARIKA, CIAN, SERENA, ZALLOT, CHIARA, PUPO, ANITA, RIZZATO, DONATELLA, CINQUETTI, SANDRO
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pacini Editore Srl 2021
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7888386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33628952
http://dx.doi.org/10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2020.61.4.1814
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Sumario:In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted most of the routine outpatient activities in Italian hospitals and Prevention Departments, including those vaccinations which were not urgent and/or scheduled for children aged 0-6 years. Since June 2020, when the pandemic entered a milder phase, in the alpine Province of Belluno (Veneto, North-Eastern Italy), 12,152 doses of vaccine against tick-borne encephalitis have been administered by means of the innovative “drive-through” modality. No significant adverse events have occurred and popular demand has steadily grown, proving the “drive-through” approach to be safe, efficient and successful.

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