The importance of sustained compliance with physical distancing during COVID-19 vaccination rollout.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing vaccination coverage against SARS-CoV-2 enabled relaxation of lockdowns in many countries in Europe. As the vaccination rollouts progressed, the public health authorities were seeking recommendations on the continuation of physical distancing measures during ongoing vaccination rollouts. Compliance with these measures was declining while more transmissible virus variants have emerged.

Methods

We used a SARS-CoV-2 transmission model to investigate the feedback between compliance, infection incidence, and vaccination coverage. We quantified our findings in terms of cumulative number of new hospitalisations three and six months after the start of vaccination.

Results

Our results suggest that the combination of fast waning compliance in non-vaccinate

SUBMITTER: Teslya A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9675824 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature