This report summarises results from an analysis conducted by ECDC and Eurofound to understand the impact of selected NPIs introduced from 2020 to 2022 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on the WLB among EU adults.
The aim of the study protocol is to measure product-specific COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness to prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection from healthcare workers to their contacts, which can be either other patients or healthcare workers, in healthcare settings.
In 2020, the European Commission stressed the importance of continuously monitoring the safety and effectiveness of vaccines in the EU/EEA during the post-authorisation phase, with particular emphasis on COVID-19 vaccines in the context of the ongoing pandemic.
This document describes how to strengthen surveillance in hospital settings for the identification of severely affected patients infected with avian influenza virus in the EU/EEA.