Despite mitigating measures such as 6 feet distancing, masking, and lock down efforts, the virus is still at large. An international poll conducted in April 2020 found that 61% of those surveyed identified COVID-19 as the most concerning national issue, overtaking unemployment, health care, and poverty. It has also detrimental effect in the world economy and societal interactions. It has already claimed the lives of 1.76 million people in the world. ![]() The SARS-COVID-2 pandemic is still an alarmingly increasing. Thus, we need to equip them with the most accurate and credible knowledge to increase COVID-19 acceptance in Ethiopia. Healthcare workers are the main source of health-related information for their communities. Among the fears/concerns were vaccine adverse reaction, effectiveness of the vaccine, vaccine was made too fast to be safe, and COVID-19 from the vaccine.Ĭonclusion: The high vaccine hesitancy rate (27.8%) among healthcare workers in Ethiopia is genuinely concerning. Majority (77%) had one or more fears/concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine. Those who reported they would accept the vaccination were highly likely to encourage their family members to be vaccinated (OR 58.13, 95 % CI 9.7 – 348.32, P 0.001) over those who reported they would not encourage their family to be vaccinated. Only about 64 % reported that they would encourage their patients or families to get vaccinated. The vaccine acceptance rate was 72.2% (482/668). Out of the 668 respondents, substantial majority were physicians 49.4% and nurses 32.9 %. COVID-19 vaccine acceptance was compared across demographic variables and COVID-19 vaccine attitudes. Materials and methods: A cross sectional online survey was performed among 1110 healthcare workers to understand COVID-19 vaccine acceptability, encouragement of patients to take COVID-19 vaccine, encouragement of family members to take COVID-19 vaccine, and fears/concerns about COVID-19 vaccine. This survey was conducted to explore attitudes of healthcare workers towards COVID-19 vaccine and predictors of negative attitude. ![]() The vaccine acceptance in Africa is yet unknown. ![]() Background: The COVID-19 vaccine pandemic is expected to control the pandemic.
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