Vaccination Prioritization Strategies for COVID-19 in Korea: A Mathematical Modeling Approach.

ABSTRACT: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination has recently started worldwide. As the vaccine supply will be limited for a considerable period of time in many countries, it is important to devise the effective vaccination strategies that reduce the number of deaths and incidence of infection. One of the characteristics of COVID-19 is that the symptom, severity, and mortality of the disease differ by age. Thus, when the vaccination supply is limited, age-dependent vaccination priority strategy should be implemented to minimize the incidences and mortalities. In this study, we developed an age-structured model for describing the transmission dynamics of COVID-19, including vaccination. Using the model and actual epidemiological data in Korea, we estimated the infection probability for each

SUBMITTER: Choi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8073596 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature