Abstract
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Highlights
To the editor: We read with interest the collection of articles ‘Spotlight influenza 2021’ recently published in Eurosurveillance [1]
During the 2020/21 winter, influenza vaccination coverage rates (VCRs) in elderly people increased in England (+ 8.5%), France (+ 7.9%), Israel (+ 8.4%), Italy (+ 10.7%), the Netherlands, (+ 6.6%), the Philippines (+ 3.0%), Poland (+ 3.3%), Spain (+ 13.0%), and the United States (US) (+ 5.4%), compared with 2019/20 (Table)
A decrease in VCRs was instead observed in South Korea: this is likely related to a report of alleged influenza vaccine-related deaths that attracted considerable media attention in 2020 [5]
Summary
To the editor: We read with interest the collection of articles ‘Spotlight influenza 2021’ recently published in Eurosurveillance [1]. This collection highlights some important features of the unusual 2020/21 northern hemisphere influenza season and the accompanying editorial recommends preparedness measures for the upcoming 2021/22 season [2].
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