Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Time-varying optimization of COVID-19 vaccine prioritization in the context of limited vaccination capacity

  • Shasha Han,
  • Jun Cai,
  • Juan Yang,
  • Juanjuan Zhang,
  • Qianhui Wu,
  • Wen Zheng,
  • Huilin Shi,
  • Marco Ajelli,
  • Xiao-Hua Zhou,
  • Hongjie Yu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24872-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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In the context of limited supply, strategies for optimising allocation of COVID-19 vaccines are needed. Here, the authors explore time-varying strategies that adapt to the epidemiological situation and simultaneously optimise for multiple objectives including reducing numbers of infections, hospitalisations, and deaths.