Association Between COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage and Case Fatality Ratio:a Comparative Study—Hong Kong SAR,China and Singapore,December 2021–March 2022  

作　　者：Guanhao He Sui Zhu Di Fu Jianpeng Xiao Jianguo Zhao Ziqiang Lin Tao Liu Xiaofeng Liang Wenjun Ma 

机构地区：[1]Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine,School of Medicine,Jinan University,Guangzhou City,Guangdong Province,China [2]Disease Control and Prevention Institute,Jinan University,Guangzhou City,Guangdong Province,China [3]Guangdong Provincial Institute of Public Health,Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Guangzhou City,Guangdong Province,China.

出　　处：《China CDC weekly》2022年第30期649-654,I0002-I0004,共9页中国疾病预防控制中心周报（英文）

基　　金：National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFC2301604);Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2020T130020ZX);the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou(202102021285);the Emergency Grants for Prevention and Control of SARS-CoV-2 of Guangdong Province(2022A1111090004).

摘　　要：Summary What is already known about this topic?Hong Kong Special Administrative Region(SAR),China and Singapore are both facing considerable Omicron variant epidemic.However,the overwhelmed medical system and high case fatality ratio(CFR)just occurred in Hong Kong SAR,China but not in Singapore.What is added by this report?The low vaccination coverage in Hong Kong SAR,China,especially among the older adults,is shown to be a primary reason of its recent high CFR.What are the implications for public health practice?Facing the potential epidemic risk,non-vaccinated,non-fully-vaccinated,and non-booster-vaccinated people in China,especially the elderly,should get any type of accessible vaccine,which could save lives when the infection unfortunately befalls.

关 键 词：SAR SINGAPORE CFR 

分 类 号：R18[医药卫生—流行病学]