BL Premium reports that according to the latest Ipsos-World Economic Forum (WEF) survey, South Africans are increasingly showing an interest in getting vaccinated against Covid-19.

As recently as December, SA ranked among the countries in which citizens exhibited the lowest intention to get vaccinated, with only 53% of people saying they would get a shot. The latest survey, conducted in late February, shows that has increased to 65%. More than 13,500 adults under the age of 75 participated in the survey between 25 and 28 February on Ipsos’s global advisor online platform. Vaccination in SA has already begun with the first phase aimed at health workers. It is anticipated that the second phase, for essential workers, the aged and those with co-morbidities, will start sometime in April. “The (vaccination) trends are good, but new variants are more contagious and with vaccination intention rates as reflected in the study, we would not reach herd immunity,” said Arnaud Bernaert, head of health and health-care at the WEF.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Andries Mahlangu at BusinessLive (paywall access only)

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