China is actively promoting vaccination against the new coronavirus, but a recently published survey in China on the willingness of health care workers in Zhejiang Province to receive the new coronavirus vaccine showed that only 42.46% of 756 respondents were willing to receive the new coronavirus vaccine for emergency use and 27.65% for post-marketing use, respectively.
According to the report of Punch News, a paper titled “Survey on the willingness of health care workers in Zhejiang Province to receive the new coronavirus vaccine and the factors influencing it” was published online by the journal China Vaccine and Immunity on the 18th.
The authors of the paper, sponsored by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), are from the CDC and Zhejiang Provincial CDC, with CDC Director Gao Fu also listed as one of the corresponding authors.
The questionnaire survey was conducted from September to October of last year among medical and CDC staff at the Zhejiang, city and county levels.
The survey showed that the percentage of people willing to vaccinate in emergency use of the New Crown vaccine was 42.46%; in post-marketing use of the New Crown vaccine, the percentage of people willing to vaccinate was 27.65%, significantly lower than the approximately 90% willingness to vaccinate with the New Crown vaccine in the general population.
The article points out that the higher willingness to vaccinate for emergency use than for post-marketing use is due to the fact that the former is organized by the government and the latter is a voluntary choice.
The survey also showed that vaccination intention was lower among women, those with a master’s degree or higher, and medical personnel for emergency use of the new crown vaccine. The authors’ analysis suggests that this is related to the fact that people with higher Education receive more information from social networks and have more concerns about vaccine effectiveness and side effects.
Respondents’ reasons for being willing to receive the new crown vaccine included “believe that vaccination is beneficial if recommended by the state” (91.43%), “can protect Family/friends/colleagues from infection” (85.77%), and “Vaccination is very effective in preventing neoconiosis” (83.22%).
The most common concerns of those who did not want to be vaccinated were: “worried about the side effects of the neo-crown vaccine” (57.69%), “doubt the effectiveness of the neo-crown vaccine” (34.14%), and “there are no more local cases of neo-crown and there is no need for the vaccine” (29.81%), “There is a fee for the neo-crown vaccine” (24.52%), and “It is inconvenient to receive the vaccine at community health centers” (8.66%).
The authors of the paper suggest that “some targeted strategies are needed to address vaccine hesitancy and non-recommendation among health care workers, which will be key to implementing vaccination success.
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