"ring vaccination" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ring vaccinations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ring vaccination (countable and uncountable, plural ring vaccinations)
  1. (uncountable) The strategy of vaccinating those who are most likely to be infected, to inhibit the spread of a disease. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-ring_vaccination-en-noun-XCyMu1HR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6
  2. (countable) An individual vaccination of this kind. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-ring_vaccination-en-noun-NqN1cB1w

Inflected forms

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