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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.

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Early impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and physical distancing measures on routine childhood vaccinations in England, January to April 2020
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Helen+I+McDonald&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">McDonald Helen I</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Elise+Tessier&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Tessier Elise</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Joanne+M+White&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">White Joanne M</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Matthew+Woodruff&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Woodruff Matthew</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Charlotte+Knowles&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Knowles Charlotte</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Chris+Bates&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bates Chris</a>, <a href="/search?value1=John+Parry&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Parry John</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jemma+L+Walker&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Walker Jemma L</a>, <a href="/search?value1=J+Anthony+Scott&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Scott J Anthony</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Liam+Smeeth&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Smeeth Liam</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Joanne+Yarwood&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Yarwood Joanne</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Mary+Ramsay&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ramsay Mary</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Michael+Edelstein&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Edelstein Michael</a></span>. Early impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and physical distancing measures on routine childhood vaccinations in England, January to April 2020. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2020;25(19):pii=2000848. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.19.2000848" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.19.2000848</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 06 May 2020;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 14 May 2020 </span> </p>
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