Impact of the COVID-19 Vaccination Program on case incidence, emergency department visits, and hospital admissions among children aged 5-17 Years during the Delta and Omicron Periods-United States, December 2020 to April 2022.

Katherine G TopfMichael SheppardGrace E MarxRyan E WiegandRuth Link-GellesAlison M BinderAndrea J CoolB Casey LyonsSohyun ParkHannah E FastArthur PresnetsovGbedegnon Roseric AzondekonKarl A SoetebierJennifer AdjemianKamil E Barbour

Published in: PloS one (2022)

COVID-19 vaccines were associated with lower case incidence, emergency department visits and hospital admissions among children during the Delta period but the association was weaker during the Omicron period. Pediatric COVID-19 vaccination should be promoted as part of a program to decrease COVID-19 impact among children; however, vaccine effectiveness may be limited when available vaccines do not match circulating viral variants.

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