Optimising Distribution of Limited COVID-19 Vaccines: Analysing Impact in Argentine

BAQUELA, ENRIQUE GABRIEL; OLIVERA, ANA CAROLINA

Humanitarian Logistics in the Disaster Risk Reduction Perspective: Theory and Applications

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Año: 2021;

Vaccination has become the most powerful tool to win the battle at COVID-19. Optimised distribution of the vaccines is crucial to provide a level of immunisation over a country that protects susceptible individuals from infectious diseases. However, the COVID-19 vaccines are recent, so manufacturing is slow. Consequently, its limited supply has a tremendous impact on the distribution policies in countries that depend on foreign supplies. In this chapter, a model of distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine is proposed, and several optimisation algorithms are tested. The proposal is tested in the Argentine scenario. It features an essential demonstration of the impact of an optimised distribution of the vaccine.