Slovakia is among the countries whose inhabitants trust the COVID vaccines and their safety the least among the EU member states.
Related articleWillingness to get the COVID shot slightly up as second wave hits Read more A recent survey conducted in December has shown that while vaccine acceptance is currently 70 percent in the EU, it is lower in Slovakia, at 62 percent, as reported by the TASR newswire.
The Kantar company has conducted the survey on a sample of 24,424 respondents from 27 EU member states.
Related articleGovernment to ramp up vaccine programme after slow start Read more The refusal of the vaccines is highest in Bulgaria, with 34 percent of its respondents in the survey saying they never wanted to get the COVID jab, followed by Slovenia with 33 percent and then Slovakia and Hungary with 32 percent.
Many of the respondents from Slovakia, however, admitted they could change their attitude to the vaccination if they had direct evidence about the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine on people who have already been vaccinated.
While approximately 60 percent of Europeans believe vaccination to be the only way to end the pandemic, only 40.7 percent agree with that in Slovakia.
22. Jan 2021 at 17:14 | Compiled by Spectator staff
