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| The Philippines came in third lowest in the survey after 56 percent of Filipino respondents said they would take the vaccine or have already taken it. (Photo from Straits Time) |
[Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] MANILA— The Philippines ranked among the countries with the lowest COVID-19 vaccination willingness out of 21 states included in an ongoing survey conducted by YouGov, an international research and analytics group.PH Inquirer said that the Philippines came in third lowest in the survey after 56 percent of Filipino respondents said they would take the vaccine or have already taken it.
Following them on the list was Hong Kong and Taiwan, where 38 and 35 percent, respectively, said they would take the vaccine. However, a report by market and data consumer company Statista explained that the low vaccine willingness in Hong Kong and Taiwan was due to their declining rates of COVID-19 infections. “A few exceptions of decreasing vaccine willingness happened in places with very low infection burdens, leading people to conclude they don’t actually [need] the vaccine – for example in Hong Kong, Thailand, or Taiwan,” said Katharina Buchholz, a senior data journalist for Statista.
The highest vaccination confidence was in the United Kingdom with 89 percent on April 16, followed by the United Arab Emirates with 86 percent. The willingness to be inoculated against COVID-19 also improved in countries such as Denmark, Spain, and Singapore, which has so far vaccinated over a million of its population.
