Global COVID-19 vaccine equity should precede requiring travelers proof of vaccination

Carlos Franco-Paredes¹, Jose Antonio Suarez², Andrés F Henao-Martínez³

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¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12700 East 19th Avenue, 11C01, Aurora, CO 80045, United States; and Hospital Infantil de Mexico, Federico Gomez, Mexico City, Mexico 06720. Electronic address: carlos.franco-paredes@cuanschutz.edu.
² Investigador SNI Senacyt Panamá, Clinical Research Department, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panamá City, Panama. Electronic address: jsuarez@gorgas.gob.pa.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12700 East 19th Avenue, 11C01, Aurora, CO 80045, United States. Electronic address: andres.henao-martinez@cuanschutz.edu.

PMID: 33640569
PMCID: PMC7906856
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.02.061

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Global COVID-19 vaccine equity should precede requiring travelers proof of vaccination

Carlos Franco-Paredes et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Apr.

. 2021 Apr:105:243-244.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.02.061. Epub 2021 Feb 26.

Authors

Carlos Franco-Paredes¹, Jose Antonio Suarez², Andrés F Henao-Martínez³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12700 East 19th Avenue, 11C01, Aurora, CO 80045, United States; and Hospital Infantil de Mexico, Federico Gomez, Mexico City, Mexico 06720. Electronic address: carlos.franco-paredes@cuanschutz.edu.
² Investigador SNI Senacyt Panamá, Clinical Research Department, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panamá City, Panama. Electronic address: jsuarez@gorgas.gob.pa.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12700 East 19th Avenue, 11C01, Aurora, CO 80045, United States. Electronic address: andres.henao-martinez@cuanschutz.edu.

PMID: 33640569
PMCID: PMC7906856
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.02.061

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Answer to Paredes et al. commenting on "COVID-19 vaccines under the International Health Regulations - We must use the WHO International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis".
Petersen E, Lucey D, Blumberg L, Kramer LD, Al-Abri S, Lee SS, Pinto TCA, Obiero CW, Rodriguez-Morales AJ, Yapi R, Abubakar A, Tambyah PA, Holmes A, Chen LH. Petersen E, et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Apr;105:409-410. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.02.076. Epub 2021 Feb 24. Int J Infect Dis. 2021. PMID: 33639296 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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