Number of people willing to get vaccinated vs. COVID19 rises to 64 pct: SWS
MANILA— More adult Filipinos are willing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease , with more than 6 out of 10 people saying they are OK with getting jabs, a Social Weather Stations survey released Friday showed.
Of the remainder, 19 percent said they are unsure about getting vaccinated while 18 percent said they are unwilling to get their COVID-19 jabs. Willingness to get inoculated in Metro Manila remains to be the highest with 87 percent, an 11 percent increase compared to the 76 percent tallied in June. It also rose in Balance Luzon to 65 percent from 54 percent, in Visayas to 56 percent from 48 percent, and in Mindanao to 54 percent from 48 percent.
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