People globally more likely to get Covid-19 vaccine than not

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There is mistrust of shots made in China and Russia compared to the West, with mandatory vaccination starting to be talked about

Chinese workers sit in an observation area after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine shot at a mass vaccination centre for Chaoyang District on January 15 2021 in Beijing, China. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/KEVIN FRAYER

The survey, conducted by the polling company YouGov and shared exclusively with Reuters, found Britons and Danes were the most willing to take the Covid-19 vaccine when it becomes available to them, while the French and Poles were more likely to be hesitant.

Confidence among populations about vaccines will be a key factor in governments’ efforts to curb the rate of infections in the year-long SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 92-million people worldwide and killed at least 1.98-million. Friday’s YouGov poll found that, while sizeable minorities in many countries said they would not take the Covid-19 vaccine now, most gave their reason as preferring to wait and see if the vaccines were safe, and few were driven by entrenched “anti-vaxxer” views.

 

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