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The results of a new poll show that vaccine hesitancy worldwide poses a risk to ending the COVID-19 pandemic for good.
In 79 out of 117 countries surveyed, the number of people who said they were willing to be vaccinated was below 70%, the minimum percentage of the population that scientists say needs to have immunity to stop the virus from circulating.
Attitudes shift when vaccines arrive, though, experts note, and many of the countries have not begun mass vaccinations yet.
But the numbers “give a glimpse of just how strong the headwinds are in some of these places,” said Julie Ray, managing editor for world news at polling company Gallup, which conducted the survey.
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Poll Sounds Alarm on Global Vaccine Hesitancy
Voice of America
03 May 2021, 16:05 GMT+10
The results of a new poll show that vaccine hesitancy worldwide poses a risk to ending the COVID-19 pandemic for good.
In 79 out of 117 countries surveyed, the number of people who said they were willing to be vaccinated was below 70%, the minimum percentage of the population that scientists say needs to have immunity to stop the virus from circulating.
Attitudes shift when vaccines arrive, though, experts note, and many of the countries have not begun mass vaccinations yet.
But the numbers give a glimpse of just how strong the headwinds are in some of these places, said Julie Ray, managing editor for world news at polling company Gallup, which conducted the survey.
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