COVID-19 in the state of Alagoas-Brazil: epidemiological data one year after the anti-COVID-19 vaccination campaign started
COVID-19 in the state of Alagoas-Brazil: epidemiological data one year after the anti-COVID-19 vaccination campaign started
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https://doi.org/10.28998/rpss.e02207006Abstract
Introduction
The COVID-19 pandemic demanded speed in the development of vaccines to reduce the number of sicks, hospitalized and deaths from infection resulting from the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Objective
To determine the evolution of the epidemiological data of COVID-19 in Alagoas in relation to diagnosed cases, hospitalization and deaths compared to a year before.
Method
Using secondary data from COVID-19 in Alagoas-Brazil, an interrupted time series ecological study was carried out comparing the beginning of the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in the state, after 26 weeks and after one year.
Results
The results showed that there was an expressive reduction in the number of people diagnosed and of deaths, despite the increase in hospitalizations that occurred in the 26-week comparison of the start of vaccination, reductions in the lethality rate of people over 70 years old, in deaths by age group and by comorbidity, except, respectively, between 0-9 years and in the obese group.
Conclusion
After one year of vaccination, although the vaccination coverage can still be increased, and the existence of some outcomes with negative indicators, there is an improvement in most of the epidemiological indicators evaluated for this period in Alagoas can be seen
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