@article{b7075065d21945f58107a188c1ce6fef,
title = "Early impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and physical distancing measures on routine childhood vaccinations in England, January to April 2020",
abstract = "Using electronic health records, we assessed the early impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on routine childhood vaccination in England by 26 April 2020. Measles-mumps-rubella vaccination counts fell from February 2020, and in the 3 weeks after introduction of physical distancing measures were 19.8% lower (95% confidence interval: −20.7 to −18.9) than the same period in 2019, before improving in mid-April. A gradual decline in hexavalent vaccination counts throughout 2020 was not accentuated by physical distancing.",
author = "McDonald, {Helen I.} and Elise Tessier and White, {Joanne M.} and Matthew Woodruff and Charlotte Knowles and Chris Bates and John Parry and Walker, {Jemma L.} and Scott, {J. Anthony} and Liam Smeeth and Joanne Yarwood and Mary Ramsay and Michael Edelstein",
note = "Funding Information: Funding: The research was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Immunisation at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in partnership with Public Health England (PHE). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR, the Department of Health and Social Care, or PHE. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). All rights reserved.",
year = "2020",
month = may,
day = "14",
doi = "10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.19.2000848",
language = "English",
volume = "25",
journal = "Eurosurveillance ",
issn = "1560-7917",
publisher = "Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA",
number = "19",
}
