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Detailed data on COVID-19 vaccination progress in the EU/EEA available via Vaccine Tracker and in weekly reports
Vaccination campaigns against COVID-19 disease are well under way in all EU/EEA countries, and more detailed information is now available on the ECDC website.
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Stress test on logistical aspects of COVID-19 vaccination deployment plans: final report
ECDC, together with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, organised a stress test of the logistical aspects of COVID-19 vaccination deployment plans. Twelve EU/EEA Member States participated in this stress test, a focused simulation exercise conducted in two rounds, one in mid-December 2020 and the second in early January 2021.
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Vaccination coverage for first dose of a measles- and rubella-containing vaccine, EU/EEA, 2018
Vaccination coverage for first dose of a measles- and rubella-containing vaccine, EU/EEA, 2018
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Monitoring COVID-19 vaccination progress across Europe
Following the conditional marketing authorisation and deployment of the first COVID-19 vaccines in the EU/EEA, all countries have started vaccination campaigns by vaccinating people in priority groups. To monitor the progress of vaccination efforts across the EU/EEA, ECDC has set up a monitoring system for collection of key vaccine rollout indicators.
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Overview of the implementation of COVID-19 vaccination strategies and vaccine deployment plans in the EU/EEA
This technical report provides an updated overview of the progress of national COVID-19 vaccination strategies including vaccine deployment plans and their rollout in the EU/EEA. It also provides new insights into some of the critical aspects and challenges of the implementation.
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Integrated COVID-19 response in the vaccination era
The purpose of this document is to provide an initial illustration of how the COVID-19 response could unfold in the vaccination era, given the emergence and replacement of the predominant strain with a novel, more transmissible variant.
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Strengthening screening for infectious diseases and vaccination among migrants in Europe: What is needed to close the implementation gaps?
Noori, T., Hargreaves, S., Greenaway, C., van der Werf, M., Driedger, M., Morton, R.L., Hui, C., Requena-Mendez, A., Agbata, E., Myran, D.T., Pareek, M., Campos-Matos, I., Nielsen, R.T., Semenza, J., Nellums, L.B., Pottie, K.
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COVID-19 vaccination and prioritisation strategies in the EU/EEA
This document builds on a previously published ECDC report, ‘Key aspects regarding the introduction and prioritisation of COVID-19 vaccination in the EU/EEA and the UK’ [15]. By using mathematical modelling, this document provides EU/EEA countries with information on factors that may affect the choice of COVID-19 vaccination
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ECDC releases COVID-19 vaccination rollout strategies for EU/EEA
On 22 December ECDC released the technical report titled ‘COVID-19 vaccination and prioritisation strategies in the EU/EEA’, following the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommendation for authorisation of the vaccine Comirnaty, developed by BioNTech and Pfizer.
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Why we need more collaboration in Europe to enhance post-marketing surveillance of vaccines
Sturkenboom, M., Bahri, P., Chiucchiuini, A., Grove Krause, T., Hahné, S., Khromava, A., Kokki, M., Kramarz, P., Kurz, X., Larson, H.J., de Lusignan, S., Mahy, P., Torcel-Pagnon, L., Titievsky, L., Bauchau, V.