12127) hospitalizations and 6608 (ui95%: 5725 to 7546) covid-19 related deaths among individuals aged 80 years or more resident in portugal. prevented fractions were 3.7% (ui95%: 0 to 7.6%), 79.7% (ui95%: 77.3 to 81.7%) and 75.8% (ui95%: 73.2 to 78.1%), respectively. it would require to vaccinate 59 individuals (ui95%: 52 to 69) to prevent one hospitalization and 94 individuals (ui95%: 82 to 109) to prevent one death in the target population. conclusions: the booster vaccination strategy had considerable impact on preventing severe outcomes in the portuguese population aged 80 and more years old. key messages: high vaccine coverage combined with high vaccine effec- tiveness resulted in considerable reduction of severe covid-19 outcomes. information on number of outcomes of different severity levels averted by covid-19 booster vaccination allows to strength public health communication

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• who: M Waize and colleagues from the Germany Public Health Research Centre, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon have published the research work: 12127) hospitalizations and 6608 (UI95%: 5725 to 7546) COVID-19 related deaths among individuals aged 80 years or more resident in Portugal. Prevented fractions were 3.7% (UI95%: 0 to 7.6%), 79.7% (UI95%: 77.3 to 81.7%) and 75.8% (UI95%: 73.2 to 78.1%), respectively. It would require to vaccinate 59 individuals (UI95%: 52 to 69) to prevent one hospitalization and 94 individuals (UI95%: 82 to 109) to prevent one . . .
  

   

  

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