The challenges of distributing COVID-19 vaccinations.
The challenges of distributing COVID-19 vaccinations.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100674
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发表时间:
2021-01
影响因子:
15.1
通讯作者:
Salisbury D
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作者:
Mills MC;Salisbury D
On November 9, 2020, Pfizer/BioNTech reported the preliminary efficacy results for their COVID-19 vaccine, confirming levels of 95% on November 18. On November 16, Moderna announced 95% efficacy and 2 days later, the Oxford and AstraZeneca group reported safety and immunogenicity across a wider range of groups [1]. As attention turns to deployment, we need transparency about vaccine distribution and implementation. Success will hinge on collaboration of complex networks of government, companies, health workers and the public. Vaccinations could start by the end of 2020 and three things need to be in place: vaccine supplies (cold storage, distribution, syringes, needles), people to implement them (vaccinators, staff to document) and people to be vaccinated. If there is mismatch, failure is inevitable. The pace of the COVID-19 campaign will be driven by vaccine supplies, so implementation needs to be matched. Phased deployment of priority groups in many countries will take place by age, comorbidity, Health Care Workers (HCWs) and care home and prison residents and workers [2]. But core questions remain. How will we identify risk groups? If they turn up at a mass centre how will we know if they are in a priority group? How will we document and trace people, particularly for a second dose? How many people can local authorities really vaccinate in care homes or HCWs per week? Since the division of responsibility and details of deployment have not yet been described in the UK and beyond, there is time to shape implementation. Three options have been proposed by the UK government and other nations: general practitioners (GPs, ie, doctors) and primary care networks, mass vaccination clinics and mobile health care sites. It is unclear how resources will be split between groups or who will go to GPs versus mass clinics. The Health Secretary in the UK recently discussed having one million doses a week, but that won’t go far: it is only the same amount that GPs provide each week for their seasonal flu programmes. Last year, GPs in England vaccinated 7.6 million people 65 years and over, and 3.1 million less than 65 with risk factors. The first 20 million doses would suffice for these individuals but one million doses per week will only cover the first doses per person over ten weeks. The next ten weeks would be taken up vaccinating the same people. Clearly, the pace and extent of the programme will be driven by the availability of the vaccines from whoever is under contract.In the UK, GPs’ nurses are estimated to administer around 200À500 immunisations/day in 1260 primary care networks [3]. At least one site would be open for long hours, every days. If we take the average (350/day), it would be just over 3 million a week. Mass sites plan to undertake 5000 immunisations per centre/day (35,000/week)[3]; 30 mass clinics would use up all of one million doses per week until supplies increase considerably. Mobile teams will be used for care homes and prisons. The population of care homes across the UK has been difficult to estimate since they are privatised, but 15,000 are regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in England [4]. Recent statistics estimate that in England and Wales alone there are 73,405 individuals in care homes under the age of 65 and 369,483 65 and older [5]. There are 117 prisons in the UK with a population of 78,977 [6]. Leaving logistics of reaching over 15,000 locations aside, the care home and prison population would also need one million doses. HCWs are also on the priority list, estimated at 3,276,595 in the UK [7]. Non-HCW key workers (eg, education, childcare, food, transport, public safety) total …
DOI:
10.1016/s0140-6736(20)32466-1
发表时间:
2021-12-19
期刊:
Lancet (London, England)
影响因子:
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作者:
Ramasamy MN;Minassian AM;Ewer KJ;Flaxman AL;Folegatti PM;Owens DR;Voysey M;Aley PK;Angus B;Babbage G;Belij-Rammerstorfer S;Berry L;Bibi S;Bittaye M;Cathie K;Chappell H;Charlton S;Cicconi P;Clutterbuck EA;Colin-Jones R;Dold C;Emary KRW;Fedosyuk S;Fuskova M;Gbesemete D;Green C;Hallis B;Hou MM;Jenkin D;Joe CCD;Kelly EJ;Kerridge S;Lawrie AM;Lelliott A;Lwin MN;Makinson R;Marchevsky NG;Mujadidi Y;Munro APS;Pacurar M;Plested E;Rand J;Rawlinson T;Rhead S;Robinson H;Ritchie AJ;Ross-Russell AL;Saich S;Singh N;Smith CC;Snape MD;Song R;Tarrant R;Themistocleous Y;Thomas KM;Villafana TL;Warren SC;Watson MEE;Douglas AD;Hill AVS;Lambe T;Gilbert SC;Faust SN;Pollard AJ;Oxford COVID Vaccine Trial Group
通讯作者:
Oxford COVID Vaccine Trial Group
影响因子:
34.3
作者:
Clark, Andrew;Jit, Mark;Eggo, Rosalind M.
通讯作者:
Eggo, Rosalind M.