Barrier Gesture Relaxation during Vaccination Campaign in France: Modelling Impact of Waning Immunity
THIEBAUT, Rodolphe
Statistics In System biology and Translational Medicine [SISTM]
Bordeaux population health [BPH]
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Statistics In System biology and Translational Medicine [SISTM]
Bordeaux population health [BPH]
THIEBAUT, Rodolphe
Statistics In System biology and Translational Medicine [SISTM]
Bordeaux population health [BPH]
< Réduire
Statistics In System biology and Translational Medicine [SISTM]
Bordeaux population health [BPH]
Langue
EN
Article de revue
Ce document a été publié dans
COVID. 2021-10-09, vol. 1, n° 2, p. 472-488
Résumé en anglais
Non-pharmaceutical interventions have been implemented intermittently for more than a year in most countries of the world to mitigate the COVID-19 epidemic. In France, while the vaccination campaign is progressing, the ...Lire la suite >
Non-pharmaceutical interventions have been implemented intermittently for more than a year in most countries of the world to mitigate the COVID-19 epidemic. In France, while the vaccination campaign is progressing, the French government has decided to remove many public health restrictions such as business closure, lockdowns, and curfews. Nonetheless, social distancing, mask wearing, and hand washing (also called barrier gestures) are still recommended. We utilize an age-structured compartmental SEIR model that takes into account the SARS-CoV-2 waning immunity, vaccination, and increased transmissibility from variants of concern to estimate if barrier gestures can be relaxed without causing a resurgence of severe infections. This model assumes that the susceptibility to infection is a function of immunity status, which depends on initial infection severity and vaccination status. It is calibrated on confirmed COVID-19 cases from the French surveillance database, and accounts for changes in contact behaviors due to the implementation of nation-wide public health policies. We study the partial and full relaxation of barrier gestures occurring from August to December 2021 under various immunity duration assumptions. Maintaining the application of barrier gestures appears essential to avoid a resurgence of severe infections that would exceed French health care capacities, while surmounting vaccine hesitancy represents the key to consider their relaxation. Immunity duration assumptions significantly influence the short-term dynamic of the epidemic, which should be considered for further modelling.< Réduire
Mots clés en anglais
Booster campaign
COVID-19
Exit-strategy
Mathematical modelling
Social distancing
Waning immunity
Unités de recherche