Level of public’s acceptance towards COVID-19 vaccine / Ahmad Muzzammil Aqib Md Zin … [et al.]

• Main Authors: Md Zin, Ahmad Muzzammil Aqib, Md Noor, Nor Hasimah, Lokman, Nurul Akmal, Ridzuan, Abdul Rauf, Bakar, Mohd Hilmi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Communication and Media Studies 2021
• Subjects: Social perception. Social cognition; Public opinion; Vaccinotherapy. Vaccines
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/50498/1/50498.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/50498/; https://www.ejoms.com/july2021.html

After almost 2 years since the first COVID-19 case outbreak, Malaysia had finally received the COVID-19 vaccines. There are several brands of vaccines from various manufacturers that had been tested and approved by National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA). This study is conducted to identify the level of public’s awareness and acceptance towards the COVID-19 vaccine. 44 online survey questions were prepared including questions related to demographic background. The Google Form survey was disseminated to family and friends via social media platform such as WhatsApp, Twitter and Instagram. A number of 405 respondents had answered the survey resulting to a positive result on the awareness (M = 3.60) and acceptance (M = 3.58) of public towards COVID-19 vaccine.