Acceptance and preference for COVID-19 vaccination in health-care workers (HCWs)

Chuanxi Fu; Zheng Wei; Sen Pei; Shunping Li; Xiaohui Sun; Ping Liu

The copyright holder for this preprint . https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.09.20060103 doi: medRxiv preprint willingness to receive the vaccination (24, 25) . However, most estimates of vaccination intention tend to be much greater than actual vaccine coverage estimates. In our study, nearly 20% of the HCWs and 25% of the general population are hesitant about COVID-19 vaccination, which may be a hinder to establish herd immunity within the population. A lack of preparedness for advising patients about vaccination and a lack of training are inhibiting factors for recommending the vaccine. For example, in a UK study with midwives, 76% agreed that they should routinely advise pregnant women on vaccination, but only 25% felt adequately prepared for the role (26) . More efforts need to be made to increase the acceptance of vaccination in HCWs and the public. Under the newly introduced Vaccine Management Law came into effect in late 2019, the country will find a chance to improve domestic vaccines including vaccine research, production and mass vaccination campaigns.