All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 September New modelling highlights importance of vaccinating children to contain Delta New modelling highlights importance of vaccinating children to contain Delta 20/09/2021 | 2 MINS Lead researcher Professor George Milne and his team from LITΓÇÖs Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering carried out computer simulation COVID-19 modelling of the highly transmissible Delta variant. ΓÇ£The key is to be able to get as many people immunised as possible, including kids aged five to eleven in addition to adolescents aged 12 and above,ΓÇ¥ Professor Milne said. ΓÇ£If not, weΓÇÖll still have to introduce lockdowns in some form. The severity of the lockdown is highly dependent on the level of immunity.ΓÇ¥ The researchers applied a high-resolution model to evaluate the benefits of adding children as well as adolescents to current COVID-19 vaccination programs, while also determining the reduction in cases, hospitalisations and deaths through moderate lockdown measures. If the Delta variant entered WA and 90 per cent of adolescents and adults
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 September New modelling highlights importance of vaccinating children to contain Delta New modelling highlights importance of vaccinating children to contain Delta 20/09/2021 | 2 MINS Lead researcher Professor George Milne and his team from LITΓÇÖs Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering carried out computer simulation COVID-19 modelling of the highly transmissible Delta variant.
ΓÇ£The key is to be able to get as many people immunised as possible, including kids aged five to eleven in addition to adolescents aged 12 and above,ΓÇ¥ Professor Milne said.
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ΓÇ£If not, weΓÇÖll still have to introduce lockdowns in some form.
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The severity of the lockdown is highly dependent on the level of immunity.ΓÇ¥ The researchers applied a high-resolution model to evaluate the benefits of adding children as well as adolescents to current COVID-19 vaccination programs, while also determining the reduction in cases, hospitalisations and deaths through moderate lockdown measures.
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