Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha and President of AstraZeneca in Thailand James Teague attend an agreement signing ceremony for purchase of AstraZeneca’s potential Covid-19 vaccine at Government House on Nov 27, 2020. (Reuters photo)
A vast majority of Thais want to be vaccinated against Covid-19 but many worry about possible side effects, according to the result of an opinion survey by the Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.
The poll was conducted online on 1,570 people throughout the country during Jan 22-29.
Asked whether they wanted to be vaccinated, a majority — 65.99% — said “yes’ but they would rather wait to see if there are any side effects; 20.70% said they wanted to be vaccinated right away; and 13.31% did not want it at all.
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