Show simple item record

AuthorDaher-Nashif, Suhad
AuthorAl-Anany, Rania
AuthorAli, Menatalla
AuthorErradi, Khadija
AuthorFarag, Elmoubasher
AuthorAbdallah, Abdallah M.
AuthorEmara, Mohamed M.
Available date2023-03-27T08:25:33Z
Publication Date2022-09-01
Publication NameArchives of Virology
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00705-022-05495-7
CitationDaher-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
ISSN03048608
URIhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85132132220&origin=inward
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/41344
AbstractCurrently, 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.
SponsorOpen Access funding provided by the Qatar National Library.
Languageen
PublisherSpringer
SubjectCOVID-19
vaccine implementation
social distancing
herd immunity
TitleCOVID-19 exit strategy during vaccine implementation: a balance between social distancing and herd immunity
TypeArticle Review
Pagination1773-1783
Issue Number9
Volume Number167
ESSN1432-8798
dc.accessType Open Access


Files in this item

Thumbnail

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record