@article{ref1,
title="Association of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccinations with SARS-CoV-2 Infections, ICU Admissions and Deaths in Greece",
journal="Vaccines",
year="2022",
author="Malli, F. and Lampropoulos, I.C. and Papagiannis, D. and Papathanasiou, I.V. and Daniil, Z. and Gourgoulianis, K.I.",
volume="10",
number="2",
pages="-",
abstract="The available coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have shown their effectiveness in clinical trials. We aimed to assess the real-world effects of SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations in Greece. We combined national data on vaccinations, SARS-CoV-2 cases, COVID-19-related ICU admissions and COVID-19-related deaths. We observed 3,367,673 vaccinations (30.68% of the Greek population), 278,821 SARS-CoV-2 infections and 7401 COVID-19-related deaths. The vaccination rate significantly increased from week 2 to week 6 by 85.70%, and from week 7 to 25 by 15.65%. The weekly mean of SARS-CoV-2 cases, COVID-19 ICU patients and COVID-19 deaths markedly declined as vaccination coverage accumulated. The rate of SARS-CoV-2 cases increased significantly from week 2 to week 13 by 16.15%, while from weeks 14-25 the rate decreased significantly by 13.50%. The rate of COVID-19-related ICU admissions decreased significantly by 7.41% from week 2 to week 4, increased significantly by 17.22% from weeks 5-11, then decreased significantly from weeks 17-20, by 11.99%, and from weeks 21-25, by 16.77%. The rate of COVID-19-related deaths increased significantly from week 2 to week 15 by 12.08% and decreased significantly by 16.58% from weeks 16-25. The data from this nationwide observational study underline the beneficial impact of the national vaccination campaign in Greece, which may offer control of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2076-393X",
doi="10.3390/vaccines10020337",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020337"
}