Higher mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in socially vulnerable areas in Belo Horizonte: implications for vaccine prioritization.
Valéria Maria de Azeredo PassosLuisa Campos Caldeira BrantPedro Cisalpino PinheiroPaulo Roberto Lopes CorreaIsis Eloah MachadoMayara Rocha Dos SantosAntonio Luiz Pinho RibeiroLucia Maria Miana Mattos PaixãoFabiano Geraldo Pimenta JúniorMaria de Fatima Marinho de SouzaDéborah Carvalho MaltaPublished in: Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology (2021)
Inequalities in mortality, particularly among older adults, combined with the limited supply of doses, demonstrate the importance of prioritizing socially vulnerable areas during vaccination against COVID-19.