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European Immunization Week, 2021
European Immunization Week (EIW) is marked across the European Region every year in the last week of April. It aims to raise awareness of the importance of immunisation for people’s health and well-being.
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Objectives of vaccination strategies against COVID-19
This document provides an overview of the possible goals of vaccination against COVID-19 and reflects on potential implications.
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Interim guidance on the benefits of full vaccination against COVID-19 for transmission and implications for non-pharmaceutical interventions
This document aims to provide interim guidance on the risks for fully vaccinated individuals to develop or transmit
infection that will give rise to severe COVID-19 disease in the context of the current epidemiological and vaccine
coverage situation in the EU/EEA.
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ECDC guidance for adjusting non-pharmaceutical interventions based on vaccination status
Interim guidance on the benefits of full vaccination against COVID-19 for transmission and implications for non-pharmaceutical interventions.
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Rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in the EU/EEA: challenges and good practice
The aim of this report is to share the challenges and good practice in relation to the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine deployment process.
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ECDC report examines SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk from vaccinated/previously infected individuals
In the Technical Report Risk for SARS-CoV-2 transmission from newly infected individuals with documented previous infection or vaccination, published today, ECDC examines the evidence on the extent previous SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 vaccination prevents onward transmission from infected individuals to susceptible contacts.
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Stress test on logistical aspects of COVID-19 vaccination deployment plans for the Western Balkans: final report
ECDC, together with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, and supported by the Commission’s Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, organised a stress test of the logistical aspects of COVID-19 vaccination deployment plans for the Western Balkans.
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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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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.