Eurosurv. Early impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and physical distancing measures on routine childhood vaccinations in England, J

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Early impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and physical distancing measures on routine childhood vaccinations in England, January to April 2020

• Helen I McDonald[SUP]1,2[/SUP], Elise Tessier[SUP]3[/SUP], Joanne M White[SUP]3[/SUP], Matthew Woodruff[SUP]4[/SUP], Charlotte Knowles[SUP]4[/SUP], Chris Bates[SUP]4[/SUP], John Parry[SUP]4[/SUP], Jemma L Walker[SUP]1,2,5[/SUP], J Anthony Scott[SUP]1,2[/SUP], Liam Smeeth[SUP]1,2[/SUP], Joanne Yarwood[SUP]1,3[/SUP], Mary Ramsay[SUP]1,3[/SUP], Michael Edelstein[SUP]1,2,3[/SUP]

Using electronic health records, we assessed the early impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on routine childhood vaccination in England by 26 April 2020. Measles-mumps-rubella vaccination counts fell from February 2020, and in the 3 weeks after introduction of physical distancing measures were 19.8% lower (95% confidence interval: −20.7 to −18.9) than the same period in 2019, before improving in mid-April. A gradual decline in hexavalent vaccination counts throughout 2020 was not accentuated by physical distancing.

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https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.19.2000848#html_fulltext