International Journal of Healthcare Sciences ISSN 2348-5728 (Online) Vol. 10, Issue 1, pp: (233-241), Month: April 2022 - September 2022, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
Preference of different Covid-19 vaccine brands among 2nd Year Medical students of Bicol Christian College of Medicine in Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines 1
Olayemi Achiever Olaoluwa Temitope, 2Mohammed, Bilal Shakeel, 3 Mohammed Nayyan, 4Vegda, Sahil Dalpatbhai, 5Shabeeh, Zehra, 6 Virayach, Manish Radheshyam, 7Leelar, Siddharth Ratan, 8 Mattaparthi, Viddhyasagar, 9Mohammad, Wasim, 10Sonali, 11Regoti, Manisha, 12 Thakkar, Harshkumar Shankarbhai, 13Dr. Jean C. Vitualla 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
{Group 7 of Medicine 3B, Bicol Christian College of Medicine (BCCM) 13
Professor
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7024931
Published Date: 26-August-2022
Abstract: Different Covid-19 vaccine have been developed following the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic. The aim of the study was to determine the preference of different types of covid vaccine brands among 2nd Year Medical students of BCCM (Bicol Christian College of Medicine). 68 Participants (71.58%) preferred Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, 66 Participants’ (69.48%) preferred, 53 Participants (55.79%) preferred Sivnovac, 51 Participants (57.89%) preferred Sputnik, 49 Participants (51.57%) preferred Moderna while 48 Participants (50.52%) preferred Johnson and Johnson. This showed that all vaccines analyzed in this survey have gained acceptance and preference above 50%. This showed the level of awareness and acceptance of these and how it influenced the choices of these medical students and inferences can be made to a study on preference done in Australia (Borriello et.al, 2020). Keywords: Covid-19 vaccine, Covid-19 pandemic.
1. NTRODUCTION Preference of different types Covid-19 vaccine brands amongst 2nd Year Bicol Christian College of Medicine Students in Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines. Covid-19 coronavirus which was initially called as SARS-CoV-2 was first discovered in Wuhan in December, 2019. Since then, the disease, now officially known as COVID-19, has been declared a pandemic, spread to most countries and claimed the lives of over 3.8million people (Worldometers, June, 2020). Although there are several theories revolving around its emergence leading to viral misinformation (De Conick et al., 2021), it has caused a lot of devastation globally and it has become a household name. Some theories proposed it came from in from bats linking it to other coronaviruses of zoonotic origin, even when there are no prior detections of SARS-CoV-2 (WHO, 2021). Other beta-coronaviruses such as SARS CoV (CoV (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome related Coronaviruses, 2002-03) and MERS-CoV (2012), have been spread through zoonotic outbreaks from other species to humans. The spread of Covid-19 virus since its emergence in December 2019, has reached 220 countries and territories around the globe (Worldometers, 2021), regardless of the continuous efforts by WHO and Governments to contain the infection, due to the highly infectious nature of this virus and viral mutation (Anon, 2020a; Anon, 2020b). Different precautionary measures have been highlighted which can protect individuals from getting infected (WHO, 2020).
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