Early impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and physical distancing measures on routine childhood vaccinations in England, January to April 2020.

McDonald, Helen I; Tessier, Elise; White, Joanne M; Woodruff, Matthew; Knowles, Charlotte; Bates, Chris; Parry, John; Walker, Jemma L; Scott, J Anthony; Smeeth, Liam; +3 more... Yarwood, Joanne; Ramsay, Mary; Edelstein, Michael; (2020) Early impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and physical distancing measures on routine childhood vaccinations in England, January to April 2020. EUROSURVEILLANCE, 25 (19). pp. 7-12. ISSN 1560-7917 DOI: https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.19.2000848

Abstract

Using electronic health records, we assessed the early impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on routine childhood vaccination in England by 26 April 2020. Measles-mumps-rubella vaccination counts fell from February 2020, and in the 3 weeks after introduction of physical distancing measures were 19.8% lower (95% confidence interval: -20.7 to -18.9) than the same period in 2019, before improving in mid-April. A gradual decline in hexavalent vaccination counts throughout 2020 was not accentuated by physical distancing.

Additional Information

Item Type	Article
Faculty and Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology Academic Services & Administration > Directorate
Research Centre	Covid-19 Research EHR Research Group Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Vaccine Centre ?? 181801 ??
PubMed ID	32431288
Elements ID	147803