COVID-19 vaccine strategies for Aotearoa New Zealand: a mathematical modelling study

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COVID-19 vaccine strategies for Aotearoa New Zealand: a mathematical modelling study

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Background: COVID-19 elimination measures, including border closures have been applied in New Zealand. We have modelled the potential effect of vaccination programmes for opening borders. Methods: We used a deterministic age-stratified Susceptible, Exposed, Infectious, Recovered (SEIR) model. We minimised spread by varying the age-stratified vaccine allocation to find the minimum herd immunity requirements (the effective reproduction number Reff<1 with closed borders) under various vaccine ef...

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2021

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T Nguyen / M Adnan / Binh Nguyen / J de Ligt / JL Geoghegan / R Dean / S Jefferies / MG Baker / Khoon Seah / AA Sporle / NP French / DR Murdoch / D Welch / Colin Simpson

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https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/COVID-19_vaccine_strategies_for_Aotearoa_New_Z...

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SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 / Vaccination / Modelling / Elimination / Herd immunity threshold / Vaccine effectiveness / Vaccine Related / Immunization / Prevention / .4 Vaccines / Infection / Good Health and Well Being

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