Impact on COVID-19 hospitalisation rates of Maltese elderly following achievement of 70% first dose vaccine coverage. release_yg2rvxp3qrck7i2taqisvmd3em

by Michael Borg, David Suda, Andre Brincat, Steve Agius, Christopher Fearne

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2021  

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<jats:p id="p1">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.
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