As vaccination of the new coronavirus progresses in each country, the percentage of people who want to be vaccinated has increased compared to last year, according to a survey conducted in 14 countries such as Japan and the United Kingdom.
Imperial College London in the United Kingdom has been conducting an awareness survey on vaccines for the new coronavirus since November last year in collaboration with major research firm Yugab.
The latest survey was conducted between the 8th and 21st of last month in 14 countries, including Japan, the United Kingdom, France and South Korea, with approximately 500 to 1000 people each.
Of these, when asked to answer the question "How much do you want or don't want to get the vaccine if you can get it now?", The percentage of those who answered "strongly want" or "somewhat want" The United Kingdom had the highest rate at 77%, followed by Denmark at 70%.
On the other hand, France had the lowest rate at 40%, followed by Japan and Singapore at 48%.
In all 14 countries targeted, 58%, an increase of 17 points from last November when the survey was started.
In addition, when asked to answer "how much they are concerned about possible side reactions" in five stages, 45% of the respondents answered "strongly concerned" or "somewhat concerned".
By country, Japan had the highest rate at 61%, followed by Singapore at 59%, South Korea and France at 56%, suggesting that countries with a relatively low percentage of people who strongly desire vaccination have strong concerns about side reactions. ..