Estimation of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against infections and severe outcomes using routine surveillance data in Kosovo, July—September 2021
Albiona Rashiti-Bytyçi,
Emily White Johansson,
Pranvera Kaçaniku-Gunga
et al.
Abstract:Background
COVID-19 vaccines have proven effective against severe outcomes in many settings, yet vaccine effectiveness (VE) estimates remain lacking for Kosovo. We aimed to estimate VE against COVID-19 infections, hospitalisations, and deaths for one and two vaccine doses during the fourth pandemic wave in July—September 2021, the period when vaccination initially became widely available.
Methods
We analysed routine surveillance data to define cases and vaccination status as partially (one dose) or completel… Show more
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