Fears of side-effects fuel reluctance to get Covid jabs, survey finds

Imperial College London survey in 15 countries also reveals worries that vaccines had not been tested enough

Most people who are reluctant to be vaccinated against Covid are worried about side-effects and whether the vaccines have been adequately tested, a survey in 15 countries has shown.

Other reasons cited in the survey of 68,000 people, led by Imperial College London’s Institute of Global Health Innovation in collaboration with YouGov, were the uncertainty that people would not get the vaccine they preferred and worries about efficacy.

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