Population-level implications of the Israeli booster campaign to curtail COVID-19 resurgence.

ABSTRACT: Israel was one of the first countries to administer mass vaccination against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Consequently, it was among the first countries to experience substantial breakthrough infections due to the waning of vaccine-induced immunity, which led to a resurgence of the epidemic. In response, Israel launched a booster campaign to mitigate the outbreak and was the first country to do so. Israel's success in curtailing the Delta resurgence while imposing only mild nonpharmaceutical interventions influenced the decision of many countries to initiate a booster campaign. By constructing a detailed mathematical model and calibrating it to the Israeli data, we extend the understanding of the impact of the booster campaign from the individual to the population level

SUBMITTER: Gavish N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9012104 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature