Low COVID-19 vaccination coverage and high COVID-19 mortality rates in Brazilian elderly

ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the relation between COVID-19 vaccine coverage and COVID-19-related mortality by age groups in Brazil in 2021. Methods: Secondary data on COVID-19 deaths and vaccination coverage were retrieved to investigate COVID-19 mortality rate (MR) evolution as the vaccinat...

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Main Author: Emil Kupek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva 2021-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-790X2021000100208&tlng=en