How will mass-vaccination change COVID-19 lockdown requirements in Australia?

ABSTRACT: Background To prevent future outbreaks of COVID-19, Australia is pursuing a mass-vaccination approach in which a targeted group of the population comprising healthcare workers, aged-care residents and other individuals at increased risk of exposure will receive a highly effective priority vaccine. The rest of the population will instead have access to a less effective vaccine. Methods We apply a large-scale agent-based model of COVID-19 in Australia to investigate the possible implications of this hybrid approach to mass-vaccination. The model is calibrated to recent epidemiological and demographic data available in Australia, and accounts for several components of vaccine efficacy. Findings Within a feasible range of vaccine efficacy values, our model supports the ass

SUBMITTER: Zachreson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8323620 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature