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

Helen I. McDonald; Elise Tessier; Joanne M. White; Matthew Woodruff; Charlotte Knowles; Chris Bates; John Parry; Jemma L. Walker; J. Anthony Scott; Liam Smeeth; Joanne Yarwood; Mary Ramsay; Michael Edelstein

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.19.2000848

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

Helen I. McDonald, Elise Tessier, Joanne M. White, Matthew Woodruff, Charlotte Knowles, Chris Bates, John Parry, Jemma L. Walker, J. Anthony Scott, Liam Smeeth, Joanne Yarwood, Mary Ramsay, Michael Edelstein

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	Eurosurveillance
Volume	25
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.19.2000848
State	Published - 14 May 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Virology

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McDonald, H. I., Tessier, E., White, J. M., Woodruff, M., Knowles, C., Bates, C., Parry, J., Walker, J. L., Scott, J. A., Smeeth, L., Yarwood, J., Ramsay, M., & Edelstein, M. (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). https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.19.2000848

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

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