Early impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and physical distancing measures on routine childhood vaccinations in England, January to April 2020 #MMPMID32431288
McDonald HI; Tessier E; White JM; Woodruff M; Knowles C; Bates C; Parry J; Walker JL; Scott JA; Smeeth L; Yarwood J; Ramsay M; Edelstein M
Euro Surveill 2020[May]; 25 (19): ? PMID32431288show ga
Using electronic health records, we assessed the early impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on routine childhood vaccination in England by 26 April 2020. Measles-mumps-rubella vaccination counts fell from February 2020, and in the 3 weeks after introduction of physical distancing measures were 19.8% lower (95% confidence interval: -20.7 to -18.9) than the same period in 2019, before improving in mid-April. A gradual decline in hexavalent vaccination counts throughout 2020 was not accentuated by physical distancing.