Vaccination as an alternative to non-drug interventions to prevent local resurgence of COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While a COVID-19 vaccine protects people from serious illness and death, it remains a concern when and how to lift the high-cost and strict non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs). This study examined the joint effect of vaccine coverage and NPIs on the control of local and sporadic resurgence of COVID-19 cases.

Methods

Between July 2021 and January 2022, we collected the large-scale testing information and case number of imported COVID-19 patients from the website of the National Health Commission of China. A compartment model was developed to identify the level of vaccine coverage that would allow safe relaxation of NPIs, and vaccination strategies that can best achieve this level of coverage. We applied Monte Carlo simulation 50 000 times to remove random fluct

SUBMITTER: Pan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8959078 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature