India's pragmatic vaccination strategy against COVID-19: a mathematical modelling-based analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the impact of targeted vaccination strategies on morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19, as well as on the incidence of SARS-CoV-2, in India.

Design

Mathematical modelling.

Settings

Indian epidemic of COVID-19 and vulnerable population.

Data sources

Country-specific and age-segregated pattern of social contact, case fatality rate and demographic data obtained from peer-reviewed literature and public domain.

Model

An age-structured dynamical model describing SARS-CoV-2 transmission in India incorporating uncertainty in natural history parameters was constructed.

Interventions

Comparison of different vaccine strategies by targeting priority groups such as keyworkers including healthcare professionals, individuals with como

SUBMITTER: Mandal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8257292 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature