Eurosurv. Estimated number of deaths directly averted in people 60 years and older as a result of COVID-19 vaccination in the WHO European Region, Dec

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• Margaux MI Meslé[SUP]1[/SUP] , Jeremy Brown[SUP]1[/SUP] , Piers Mook[SUP]1[/SUP] , José Hagan[SUP]1[/SUP] , Roberta Pastore[SUP]1[/SUP] , Nick Bundle[SUP]2[/SUP] , Gianfranco Spiteri[SUP]2[/SUP] , Giovanni Ravasi[SUP]2[/SUP] , Nathalie Nicolay[SUP]2[/SUP] , Nick Andrews[SUP]3[/SUP] , Tetiana Dykhanovska[SUP]4[/SUP] , Joël Mossong[SUP]5[/SUP] , Małgorzata Sadkowska-Todys[SUP]6[/SUP] , Raina Nikiforova[SUP]7[/SUP] , Flavia Riccardo[SUP]8[/SUP] , Hinta Meijerink[SUP]9[/SUP] , Clara Mazagatos[SUP]10[/SUP] , Jan Kyncl[SUP]11[/SUP] , Jim McMenamin[SUP]12[/SUP] , Tanya Melillo[SUP]13[/SUP] , Stella Kaoustou[SUP]14[/SUP] , Daniel Lévy-Bruhl[SUP]15[/SUP] , Freek Haarhuis[SUP]16[/SUP] , Rivka Rich[SUP]17[/SUP] , Meaghan Kall[SUP]3[/SUP] , Dorit Nitzan[SUP]1[/SUP] , Catherine Smallwood[SUP]1[/SUP] , Richard G Pebody[SUP]1[/SUP]

Since December 2019, over 1.5 million SARS-CoV-2-related fatalities have been recorded in the World Health Organization European Region - 90.2% in people ≥ 60 years. We calculated lives saved in this age group by COVID-19 vaccination in 33 countries from December 2020 to November 2021, using weekly reported deaths and vaccination coverage. We estimated that vaccination averted 469,186 deaths (51% of 911,302 expected deaths; sensitivity range: 129,851–733,744; 23–62%). Impact by country ranged 6–93%, largest when implementation was early.

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https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.47.2101021#abstract_content

 

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