@article{Mesl_M-2021_50567,
title = {Estimated number of deaths directly averted in people 60 years and older as a result of COVID-19 vaccination in the WHO European Region, December 2020 to November 2021},
author = {Meslé, M. and Brown, J. and Mook, P. and Hagan, J. and Pastore, R. and Bundle, N. and Spiteri, G. and Ravasi, G. and Nicolay, N. and Andrews, N. and Dykhanovska, T. and Mossong, J. and Sadkowska-Todys, M. and Nikiforova, R. and Riccardo, F. and Meijerink, H. and Marzagatos, C. and Kyncl, J. and McMenamin, J. and Melillo, T. and Kaoustou, S. and Lévy-Bruhl, D. and Haarhuis, F. and Rich, R. and Kall, M. and Nitzan, D. and Smallwood, C. and Pebody, R.},
month = {nov},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Since the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first detected in December 2019, in excess of 1.5 million coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fatalities have been reported in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region until week 45/2021, with 90.2% deaths in people 60 years and older. In a subset of 33 countries in the Region covered by this study, 442,116 fatalities were reported between December 2020 and November 2021 in this age group. We observed a wide range in cumulative national mortality rate from 5.4 to 1,008.0 per 100,000 population 60 years and older. Here, we estimate the number of deaths averted in this age group since the start of COVID-19 vaccination in those countries of the WHO European Region with available data.},
volume = {26},
issue = {47},
journal = {Eurosurveillance},
publisher = {European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control},
url = {https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.47.2101021 },
}
