More than a quarter of adults in the European Union would be unlikely to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it was offered to them, a survey published on Thursday showed.
The results also suggested a strong link between vaccine hesitancy and the use of social media, particularly where social media is the main source of information, according to Eurofound which carried out the survey.
Bulgarians were the most reluctant to get the vaccine, with 67% of adults saying they were unlikely or very unlikely to get it. In Ireland, only 10% of adults said they would not get the shot. The rate of planned uptake in Eastern member states was much lower, ranging from 59% in Romania to 33% in Bulgaria.
Among people who used traditional media including press, radio and television, only 18% of respondents were vaccine sceptics.
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