biostudies-literatureUnknown10(1)Grauer JProjekt DEALPresent hopes to conquer the Covid-19 epidemic are largely based on the expectation of a rapid availability of vaccines. However, once vaccine production starts, it will probably take time before there is enough vaccine for everyone, evoking the question how to distribute it best. While present vaccination guidelines largely focus on individual-based factors, i.e. on the question to whom vaccines should be provided first, e.g. to risk groups or to individuals with a strong social-mixing tendency, here we ask if a strategic spatiotemporal distribution of vaccines, e.g. to prioritize certain cities, can help to increase the overall survival rate of a population subject to an epidemic disease. To this end, we propose a strategy for the distribution of vaccines in time and space, which sequentScientific reports21594https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7726577biostudies-literatureStrategic spatiotemporal vaccine distribution increases the survival rate in an infectious disease like Covid-19.PMC7726577Grauer JLowen HLiebchen BfalseStrategic spatiotemporal vaccine distribution increases the survival rate in an infectious disease like Covid-19.Present hopes to conquer the Covid-19 epidemic are largely based on the expectation of a rapid availability of vaccines. However, once vaccine production starts, it will probably take time before there is enough vaccine for everyone, evoking the question how to distribute it best. While present vaccination guidelines largely focus on individual-based factors, i.e. on the question to whom vaccines should be provided first, e.g. to risk groups or to individuals with a strong social-mixing tendency, here we ask if a strategic spatiotemporal distribution of vaccines, e.g. to prioritize certain cities, can help to increase the overall survival rate of a population subject to an epidemic disease. To this end, we propose a strategy for the distribution of vaccines in time and space, which sequent2020-01-01T00:00:00Z2020 Dec2025-04-22T08:41:37.17Z2021-02-21T04:49:55ZS-EPMC77265773329902910.1038/s41598-020-78447-3