COVID-19 exit strategy during vaccine implementation: a balance between social distancing and herd immunity
Author | Daher-Nashif, Suhad |
Author | Al-Anany, Rania |
Author | Ali, Menatalla |
Author | Erradi, Khadija |
Author | Farag, Elmoubasher |
Author | Abdallah, Abdallah M. |
Author | Emara, Mohamed M. |
Available date | 2023-03-27T08:25:33Z |
Publication Date | 2022-09-01 |
Publication Name | Archives of Virology |
Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00705-022-05495-7 |
Citation | Daher-Nashif, S., Al-Anany, R., Ali, M. et al. COVID-19 exit strategy during vaccine implementation: a balance between social distancing and herd immunity. Arch Virol 167, 1773–1783 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-022-05495-7 |
ISSN | 03048608 |
Abstract | Currently, health authorities around the world are struggling to limit the spread of COVID-19. Since the beginning of the pandemic, social distancing has been the most important strategy used by most countries to control disease spread by flattening and elongating the epidemic curve. Another strategy, herd immunity, was also applied by some countries through relaxed control measures that allow the free spread of natural infection to build up solid immunity within the population. In 2021, COVID-19 vaccination was introduced with tremendous effort as a promising strategy for limiting the spread of disease. Therefore, in this review, we present the current knowledge about social distancing, herd immunity strategies, and aspects of their implementation to control the COVID-19 pandemic in the presence of the newly developed vaccines. Finally, we suggest a short-term option for controlling the pandemic during vaccine application. |
Sponsor | Open Access funding provided by the Qatar National Library. |
Language | en |
Publisher | Springer |
Subject | COVID-19 vaccine implementation social distancing herd immunity |
Type | Article Review |
Pagination | 1773-1783 |
Issue Number | 9 |
Volume Number | 167 |
ESSN | 1432-8798 |
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