Al Rawahi Bader, Al Wahaibi Adil, Al Khalili Sulien, Al Balushi Ahmed Yar Mohammed, Al-Shehi Nawal, Al Harthi Khalid, Al-Abri Seif
Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, PO Box 393, 100, Muscat, Oman.
Department of Disease Surveillance and Control, Directorate General of Health Services, Al-Buraimi Governorate, Ministry of Health, Buraimi, Oman.
IJID Reg. 2022 Jun;3:265-267. doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2022.03.020. Epub 2022 Mar 31.
Among the challenges to public health systems imposed by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been vaccine scarcity and the prioritization of high-risk groups. Countries have been prompted to accelerate the pace of immunization campaigns against COVID-19 to deploy the immunization umbrella to the largest possible number of target groups. In this paper, we share the perspective of Oman regarding the impact of accelerating the administration of the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in one border governorate (Musandam) by comparison to another border governorate (Al-Buraimi) where this approach was not applied.
Daily admissions data (April 10, 2020 to June 24, 2021) and vaccination data (January 1 to June 24, 2021) were collected systematically. For each governorate, the cumulative doses (first and second doses) and vaccination coverage were calculated daily.
Within 1 month, first dose vaccination coverage increased from 20% to 58% in Musandam, reducing the incidence of hospital admission by 75%. In comparison, vaccination coverage plateaued at 20% in Al-Buraimi, and the incidence of hospital admission increased by 500%.
Given the peculiarity of the geographical location and being the first line of access for imported cases, border regions should be a priority for vaccine deployment as a preventive measure. The two different approaches reported here, implemented in broadly similar cross-border governorates, provide evidence of the significant effect of accelerating the first dose of vaccine in reducing hospitalizations.
2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）给公共卫生系统带来的挑战包括疫苗短缺和高危人群的优先排序。各国纷纷加快针对COVID-19的免疫接种运动步伐，以便为尽可能多的目标群体提供免疫保护。在本文中，我们分享阿曼的观点，即通过比较一个边境省份（马斯喀特）与另一个未采用该方法的边境省份（布赖米），加速接种第一剂COVID-19疫苗所产生的影响。
系统收集每日入院数据（2020年4月10日至2021年6月24日）和疫苗接种数据（2021年1月1日至6月24日）。对于每个省份，每日计算累计接种剂量（第一剂和第二剂）和疫苗接种覆盖率。
在1个月内，马斯喀特的第一剂疫苗接种覆盖率从20%提高到58%，住院率降低了75%。相比之下，布赖米的疫苗接种覆盖率稳定在20%左右，住院率上升了500%。
鉴于边境地区地理位置特殊且是输入病例的第一道防线，作为预防措施，边境地区应优先部署疫苗。本文报道的两种不同方法，在大致相似的跨境省份实施，证明了加速接种第一剂疫苗在减少住院方面的显著效果。
