Early COVID-19 Vaccination of Romanian Medical and Social Personnel.

ABSTRACT: In December 2020, the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Romania and were made available to medical and social staff. Vaccine hesitancy appeared as a barrier to effectively ending the pandemic. The opinions of medical and social staff influence the opinion of the general population. This study assesess the attitudes, knowledge, and opinion of medical and social personnel toward COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination and the influencing factors. 1025 persons participated in an online cross-sectional study from March until July 2021. Out of 1021 eligible responders, 719 (70.42%) had been vaccinated: 227 with one dose (22.23%) and 492 with two doses (48.18%). There were 302 responders who were not vaccinated at all. Out of them, 188 refused vaccinations. The participants showed a good und

SUBMITTER: Manolescu LSC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8541077 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature