The survey conducted last February 22 to March 3 showed that 94% of adult Filipinos are worried about getting COVID-19, but only 16% said they were willing to get vaccinated. A majority of Filipino adults (61%) said they do not want to get any COVID-19 vaccine, while the remaining 23% said they are unsure whether they will get vaccinated. On the other hand, 44% said they trust COVID-19 vaccines developed in the US. Vaccine hesitancy still prevails despite the government’s campaign to educate Filipinos whose memories of the controversy surrounding the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia are still fresh. The government began inoculating frontline health workers against COVID-19 last March 1, but this is moving at a slow pace.

Source: Philippine Star March 26, 2021 09:45 UTC