Rapid Rollout and Initial Uptake of a Booster COVID-19 Vaccine Among Israel Defense Forces Soldiers.

ABSTRACT: The surge of breakthrough COVID-19 among fully vaccinated individuals has raised the prospects of booster dose administration. In Israel, concerns of waning immunity and dominance of the B.1.617.2 (delta) variant resulted in approval of a third-dose (booster) vaccination for the entire eligible population starting on August 29, 2021. This study aims to evaluate vaccine uptake for booster doses among a population of previously vaccinated individuals during a rapid rollout and to analyze socio-demographic characteristics associated with vaccine uptake. A cross-sectional study among Israel Defense Forces soldiers with high access to booster doses of BNT162b2. Subjects eligible for booster doses were voluntarily vaccinated at three vaccine sites constructed within soldiers' bases. We analyzed

SUBMITTER: Talmy T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9379899 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature