COVID-19 Passport as a Factor Determining the Success of National Vaccination Campaigns: Does It Work? The Case of Lithuania vs. Poland

Vaccines

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Justyna B. Walkowiak¹  Dariusz Walkowiak²  Marcin Piotr Walkowiak³ 

[1] Department of Language Policy and Minority Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, 61-712 Poznań, Poland;

[2] Department of Organization and Management in Health Care, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Przybyszewskiego 39, 60-356 Poznań, Poland;

[3] Department of Preventive Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-781 Poznań, Poland;

关键词: COVID-19;    vaccination;    vaccination coverage;    trust in vaccines;    interventions to increase vaccination coverage;    public health;   

DOI  :  10.3390/vaccines9121498

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

As the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic poses a global threat, it is of utmost importance that governments should find effective means of combating vaccine hesitancy and encouraging their citizens to vaccinate. In our article, we compare the vaccination outcomes in the past months in two neighbouring post-communist EU states, Lithuania and Poland. Both introduced COVID-19 certificates, but only the former followed with gradual limitations for those who failed to get vaccinated, beginning with restricted access to restaurants, sports facilities and indoor events, and finally banning residents without a certificate from entering supermarkets or larger shops and using most services. By contrast, in Poland, the certificate remained a tool for international travel only. We show using statistical data that Lithuania’s strict policy, regardless of its social implications, led to markedly higher vaccination outcomes in all age groups than those in Poland at the time.

【 授权许可】

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