SWS: Filipinos willing to get vaccinated vs. COVID-19 rise to 45%

Forty-five percent Filipino adults said they are willing to get inoculated to protect them from COVID-19, Social Weather Stations (SWS) June 2021 survey results showed Wednesday.

Of the 45%, the pollster said 36% would "surely" get vaccinated while 9% said they would "probably" get vaccinated.

This number was higher by 13 percentage points from the May 2021 survey which found that 32% of Filipinos approved of getting vaccinated.

Meanwhile, the June 2021 poll also found that 24% Filipinos said they are still uncertain to get vaccinated while 21%  (3% probably not, 18% surely not) said they do not want to receive vaccines against COVID-19.

The survey also showed that 7% of the respondents received the first shot of COVID-19 vaccines and 3% received their second dose.

Willingness on inoculation up in all areas

The pollster also said the number of Filipinos willing to get injected with COVID-19 vaccines increased in all areas.

Filipinos in Metro Manila topped the areas, with 49% Filipinos willing to get vaccinated in June 2021, compared to 41% in May 2021.

This was followed by those from  Balance Luzon, which showed that willingness to get COVID-19 vaccines climbed to 46% in June 2021 from 28% in May 2021.

In Visayas, Filipinos willing to get inoculated increased from 41% in June 2021 to 32% in May 2021.

As for Filipinos living in Mindanao, willingness in inoculation rose to 42% in June from 34% in May.

SWS used face-to-face interviews of 1,200 Filipino adults nationwide with 300 each in Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao.

The sampling error margins for the survey are ±3% for national percentages and ±6% for Balance Luzon, Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao, SWS also said.

A Pulse Asia survey released this week also showed an increase in willingness for vaccination among Filipinos to 43% in June from 16% in February.

The Philippines so far fully vaccinated 3,526,342 people while 13,196,282 doses of COVID-19 were administered since the immunization program started in March. —NB, GMA News