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A Vaccination Strategy for Ontario COVID-19 Hotspots and Essential Workers
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, 2021.
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Abstract
- Ontario’s initial mass COVID-19 vaccination strategy in place until April 8, 2021 was based on per-capita regional allocation of vaccines with subsequent distribution – in order of relative priority – by age, chronic health conditions and high-risk congregate care settings, COVID-19 hotspots, and essential worker status. Early analysis of Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout reveals inequities in vaccine coverage across the province, with residents of higher risk neighbourhoods being least likely get vaccinated. Accelerating the vaccination of COVID-19 hotspots and essential workers will prevent considerably more SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 hospitalizations, ICU admissions and deaths as compared with Ontario’s initial mass vaccination strategy (Figure 1).
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- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........8672e4ac15334752d06d0e408d347af2