Challenges and Opportunities of Mass Vaccination Centers in COVID-19 Times: A Rapid Review of Literature.

ABSTRACT: A mass vaccination center is a location, normally used for nonhealthcare activities, set up for high-volume and high-speed vaccinations during infectious disease emergencies. The high contagiousness and mortality of COVID-19 and the complete lack of population immunity posed an extraordinary threat for global health. The aim of our research was to collect and review previous experiences on mass vaccination centers. On 4 April 2021, we developed a rapid review searching four electronic databases: PubMed/Medline, Scopus, EMBASE, Google Scholar and medRxiv. From a total of 2312 papers, 15 of them were included in the current review. Among them, only one article described a COVID-19 vaccination center; all of the others referred to other vaccinations, in particular influenza. The majority were

SUBMITTER: Gianfredi V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8230199 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature