Optimal levels of vaccination to reduce COVID-19 infected individuals and deaths: A global analysis.

ABSTRACT: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to be a pandemic threat that is generating a constant state of alert in manifold countries. One of the strategies of defense against infectious diseases (e.g., COVID-19) is the vaccinations that decrease the numbers of infected individuals and deaths. In this context, the optimal level of vaccination for COVID-19 is a basic point to control this pandemic crisis in society. The study here,-using data of doses of vaccines administered per 100 inhabitants, confirmed cases and case fatality ratio of COVID-19 between countries (N=192) from March to May 2021,- clarifies the optimal levels of vaccination for reducing the number of infected individuals and, consequently, the numbers of deaths at global level. Findings reveal that the average level of a

SUBMITTER: Coccia M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8560189 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature