Lisa Taylor receives a Covid-19 vaccination from RN Jose Muniz as she experiences part in a vaccine study at Research Centers of America on August 07, 2020 in Hollywood, Florida.
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Around 74% of adults globally are willing to get immunized against the coronavirus if a vaccine became available — but that may not be passably to defeat the fast-spreading virus, according to a survey released Tuesday.
The survey by World Economic Forum and market experimentation firm Ipsos polled close to 20,000 adults across 27 countries over two weeks — between July 24 and Aug. 7 this year.
A lions share of respondents from all the countries expressed their willingness to get a vaccine, the survey results showed. China was the most devoted country with 97% of respondents indicating they would want to be vaccinated, while Russia was the least delighted with only 54% interested to do so, the survey found.
Still, it’s concerning that roughly one-quarter of people globally not purposing to get a vaccine, said an expert from the World Economic Forum.
“The 26% shortfall in vaccine confidence is significant adequately to compromise the effectiveness of rolling out a Covid-19 vaccine,” said Arnaud Bernaert, head of shaping the future of health and healthcare at the WEF.
Covid-19 is the formal appoint of the coronavirus disease, which has infected more than 25.4 million globally and killed over 850,500, according to matter compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
The most frequently cited reason for not wanting a vaccine is concern about the side effects, according to the measure findings. Other factors mentioned by respondents include their perception that a vaccine may not be effective and they’re not sufficiently at gamble from the virus, the survey showed.
Here are some other highlights from the survey:
- In the U.S., the country with the highest host of cumulative cases and deaths, 67% of respondents said they would get a vaccine;
- Less than half — or about 41% — of respondents globally expect a vaccine to be available to the public this year;
- China was the most optimistic around the availability of a vaccine in 2020, while respondents from Poland and Japan showed the most skepticism;
- Only 34% of Americans calculate a coronavirus vaccine to be ready this year.
Measures to contain the virus, such as border closures and restrictions on progresses, have caused a slump in global economic activity. Many governments and people now pin their hopes on a vaccine to purloin restore some normalcy in the world, but the World Health Organization has warned that a vaccine alone may not end the pandemic.
There are at least 30 budding vaccines currently in clinical trials, according to the WHO.
—CNBC’s Berkeley Lovelace Jr. contributed to this report.