Why the study?
The COVID-19 pandemic led to substantial disruptions in health services, including polio immunization campaigns, creating uncertainty regarding its impact on global polio eradication.
Comparison
Immunization disruption and restrictions of human interactions vs pre-COVID-19 levels
Design
Transmission and evolution modeling study
Authors
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May support prioritizing polio campaign resumption by early 2021 to curb eradication delays; leaves open validation amid evolving disruptions.
Resuming polio immunization activities to pre-COVID-19 levels by January 2021 could largely mitigate the impact of pandemic-related disruptions on global polio eradication.
Kalkowska et al. (2021) studied this question.