This study assessed the impact of different COVID‐19 vaccination strategies on infections and hospitalisations in the context of non‐seasonal epidemic waves. Results showed that increasing COVID‐19 vaccination coverage to match that of influenza vaccination with an annual vaccination campaign reduced the mean incidence of infections by 1% to 13% and that of hospitalisations by 3% to 14%, depending on the timing of vaccination campaigns in relation to the epidemic infections peak and assumptions about epidemic wave characteristics. 

Increasing coverage for people aged 65 years or older reduced hospitalisation incidence by 9% to 26%, but required twice as many vaccine doses as the annual campaign strategies.

The article concludes that annual COVID‐19 vaccination campaigns at the same time as those for influenza vaccination could reduce the number of COVID‐19‐related hospitalisations, with lower logistical requirements than alternative approaches.