Comparison of vaccination and booster rates and their impact on excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in European countries.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To evaluate the effect of vaccination/booster administration dynamics on the reduction of excess mortality during COVID-19 infection waves in European countries.

Methods

We selected twenty-nine countries from the OurWorldInData project database according to their population size of more than one million and the availability of information on dominant SARS-CoV-2 variants during COVID-19 infection waves. After selection, we categorized countries according to their "faster" or "slower" vaccination rates. The first category included countries that reached 60% of vaccinated residents by October 2021 and 70% by January 2022. The second or "slower" category included all other countries. In the first or "faster" category, two groups, "boosters faster'' and "boosters slower" were

SUBMITTER: Matveeva O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10357837 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature