Estimated number of deaths directly averted in people 60 years and older as a result of COVID-19 vaccination in the WHO European Region, December 2020 to November 2021

Since December 2019, over 1.5 million SARS-CoV-2-related fatalities have been recorded in the World Health Organization European Region - 90.2% in people ≥ 60 years. We calculated lives saved in this age group by COVID-19 vaccination in 33 countries from December 2020 to November 2021, using weekly...

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Autores principales: Meslé, Margaux MI, Brown, Jeremy, Mook, Piers, Hagan, José, Pastore, Roberta, Bundle, Nick, Spiteri, Gianfranco, Ravasi, Giovanni, Nicolay, Nathalie, Andrews, Nick, Dykhanovska, Tetiana, Mossong, Joël, Sadkowska-Todys, Małgorzata, Nikiforova, Raina, Riccardo, Flavia, Meijerink, Hinta, Mazagatos, Clara, Kyncl, Jan, McMenamin, Jim, Melillo, Tanya, Kaoustou, Stella, Lévy-Bruhl, Daniel, Haarhuis, Freek, Rich, Rivka, Kall, Meaghan, Nitzan, Dorit, Smallwood, Catherine, Pebody, Richard G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2021
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8619871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34823641
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.47.2101021
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Sumario:Since December 2019, over 1.5 million SARS-CoV-2-related fatalities have been recorded in the World Health Organization European Region - 90.2% in people ≥ 60 years. We calculated lives saved in this age group by COVID-19 vaccination in 33 countries from December 2020 to November 2021, using weekly reported deaths and vaccination coverage. We estimated that vaccination averted 469,186 deaths (51% of 911,302 expected deaths; sensitivity range: 129,851–733,744; 23–62%). Impact by country ranged 6–93%, largest when implementation was early.

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