Serrana is a municipality in the state of

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. The population is 45,644 (2020 est.) in an area of 126 km². The elevation is 427 m.

COVID-19 vaccine study

While other communities were struggling to deal with the

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, Serrana participated in a study wherein 100% of its adult population was supposed to be vaccinated with

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. Prior to the mass vaccination, 5% of Serrana's population had been infected, one of the highest rates in Brazil. Most adults received two shots by the end of April. By May, symptomatic COVID-19 cases fell 80%, hospitalizations by 86%, and mortality by 95% according to researchers doing the study. The virus was contained once 75% of people were vaccinated. According to Ricardo Palacios, a director at São Paulo's

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, “The most important result was understanding that we can control the pandemic even without vaccinating the entire population.”

Notable people

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(born 1998), professional

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References

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