More than half of Moldovans want to get vaccinated against COVID

10:33 | 08.07.2021 Category: Social

Chisinau, 8 July /MOLDPRES/- 57 percent of respondents of the Study Behavioral Visions on COVID-19 in Moldova, conducted with the support of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection say they would agree to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Research, which is the fifth in the last period reveals a significant increase in the level of vaccine acceptance among people by almost 10 percent compared to March. At the same time, the percentage of people who say they will not get vaccinated has dropped significantly - from 37% to 23%. In general, the vaccine continues to be more widely accepted by the elderly and men, those who trust the authorities more and those who perceive the virus as close and spreading rapidly.

The study data show that 20% of respondents received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. The majority (90%) received the vaccine in Moldova and 8% in Romania. 75% of those who received a dose intend to receive the second dose as well.

The fifth wave of the survey was conducted on 20 May -4 June 2021, on a sample of 1,003 people from over 320 localities, representative for the adult population of the Republic of Moldova, the maximum sampling error being ± 3%.

The questionnaire of the study was set up by the WHO Regional Office for Europe for all countries in the region, which is adjusted to the national context and the epidemiological situation in the Republic of Moldova. The data were collected by the Center for Analysis and Sociological, Political and Psychological Investigations CIVIS through computer-assisted telephone interviews, and the analysis was performed by the WHO Regional Office for Europe in partnership with the University of Erfurt (Germany), applying R Notebook statistical package.

The study was carried out with the financial support of the European Union and the WHO Regional Office for Europe.

The vaccination campaign was launched in Moldova on 2 March and so far about 764 thousand people have got vaccinated.

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