COVID‑19 Vaccination and Usefulness in Prevention of Mortality Among the Elderly: An Analysis

Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit

Abstract


Dear editor, COVID‑19 is the new vaccine that becomes the hope for COVID‑19 containment at present. Since COVID‑19 pandemic is still the worldwide problem, the newly available vaccine is urgently registered and used in many countries. The main consideration is on the efficacy and safety of the new vaccine. Although there are some reports on COVID‑19 vaccine clinical trials, the data are from studies among healthy adult subjects.

Keywords


COVID‑19; Vaccination; Prevention; Mortality; Elderly

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