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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/89914| Title: | Impact on COVID-19 hospitalisation rates of Maltese elderly following achievement of 70% first dose vaccine coverage |
| Authors: | Borg, Michael Suda, David Brincat, Andre Agius, Stephen Fearne, Christopher |
| Keywords: | COVID-19 (Disease) -- Malta Older people -- Malta Vaccination -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2021 |
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
| Citation: | Borg, M., Suda, D., Brincat, A., Agius, S., & Fearne, C. (2021). Impact on COVID-19 hospitalisation rates of Maltese elderly following achievement of 70% first dose vaccine coverage. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 1 |
| Abstract: | We studied COVID-19 hospitalisation rates in elderly Maltese residents, aged 80 years and older, after national attainment of 70% first-dose coverage of COVID-19 vaccine in this age cohort. The milestone resulted in almost 50% reduction of hospital admissions, as confirmed by time series modelling using national SARS-CoV-2 infection rates as the comparator. The reduction was not seen in younger, as yet unvaccinated, age groups, where hospital admissions actually increased during the same period following a third wave of infections. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/89914 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacEMAMar |
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