Updates on COVID-19 control and vaccination campaigns (COVID-19 and non COVID-19)

Updates on COVID-19 control and vaccination campaigns (COVID-19 and non COVID-19)

Authors

  • Carlo Signorelli School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
  • Anna Odone Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy

Keywords:

COVID-19, COVID-19 control and vaccination campaigns

Abstract

Years 2020 and 2021 have been a historic turning point in Italian and international vaccination policies (1). In fact, on the one hand, during the most violent phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a drop in the immunization programmes of the National Immunization Prevention Plan 2017-19 (2), on the other hand, mass immunization campaigns against SARS-CoV-2 had an unexpected success, especially in our country. COVID-19 vaccine coverage rate of around 90% in subjects over 12-year allowed us to be among the first countries in Europe, with significant reductions in severe forms of COVID-19 as early as the summer of 2021 (3). [...]

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Published

01-10-2021

How to Cite

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Signorelli C, Odone A. Updates on COVID-19 control and vaccination campaigns (COVID-19 and non COVID-19). Acta Biomed. 2021;92(S6):e2021550. doi:10.23750/abm.v92iS6.14737