70% of Gyeonggi Province Residents Who Completed Basic COVID-19 Vaccination Say They Will Receive Booster Shot

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] A survey shows that 7 out of 10 COVID-19 basic vaccination-completed residents in Gyeonggi Province responded that they 'intend to receive' a booster shot.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 8th that according to an opinion survey on COVID-19 conducted on November 27 targeting 1,000 province residents, 663 people, or 70% of basic vaccination-completed respondents (941 people), answered that they 'plan to receive' a booster shot.

When adding 68 people (7%) who have already received the booster shot out of 941 people, 77% of basic vaccination-completed residents expressed positive intention toward booster vaccination. Meanwhile, 205 respondents (22%) said they had no intention of receiving a booster shot.

Those 'seeking booster vaccination' who have either already received or intend to receive a booster showed higher percentages among older age groups. Those aged 70 and over accounted for 93%, those in their 60s for 92%, those in their 50s for 87%, those in their 40s for 79%, and those in their 30s for 70%. In contrast, those aged 18-29 accounted for only 52%.

When asked about reasons among those unwilling to receive a booster shot, responses included ▲basic vaccination with first and second doses is sufficient (21%) ▲indirect experience with side effect cases (19%) ▲burden of receiving shots each time vaccine immunity weakens (16%) ▲direct experience with side effects after first and second basic vaccinations (16%), in that order.

The survey was conducted by Gyeonggi Province through opinion research agency K-Stat Research on November 27, targeting 1,000 residents aged 18 and over via telephone survey. The confidence level is 95%, with a sampling error of ±3.1%p.