Table 4.

Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among study participants working in Hospitals of South Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021 (N = 422)

Acceptability questions	Frequency	Percent
Have you ever heard about COVID-19 vaccine?
Yes	422	100
No	0	0.0
Source of information on COVID-19 vaccines? (multiple responses)
International health organizations (WHO, CDC)	206	48.8
Television/radio	188	44.5
Social media	187	44.3
Website of Ethiopia Ministry of Health	158	37.4
Biomedical scientific publication	34	8.1
Do you want to vaccinate against COVID-19 infection when the vaccine becomes available?
Yes	191	45.3
No	231	54.7
If you want which kind of immunization schedules you prefer (N = 191)?
Routine immunization	115	60.2
Emergency immunization	20	10.5
Both	56	29.3
Reasons for refusing (not accepting) COVID-19 vaccination (multiple responses) (N = 231)
Concerns about unknown side effect	158	68.4
Concerns about vaccine efficacy/effectiveness	132	57.1
Insufficient trust in the source (producer)	105	45.5
Don’t have enough information	87	37.7
Unreliable, due to short time for vaccine development	73	31.6
Prior adverse reaction to any vaccine	45	19.5
Concern of extra acquiring of infection after vaccination	59	25.5
Biological weapon	64	27.7
Prefer to use other ways of protection	53	22.9
Health worker recommendation is an important factor in vaccination decision-making
Yes	308	73.0
No	114	27.0
Vaccine convenience (vaccination method, frequency, distance, vaccination sites, etc.) is an important factor in vaccination decision-making
Yes	336	79.6
No	86	20.4
Vaccine price is an important factor in vaccination decision-making
Yes	271	64.2
No	151	35.8
Time elapsed to develop the vaccines against COVID-19 affects the acceptability of vaccine?
Yes	306	72.5
No	116	27.5
Have you directly or indirectly taken care of the COVID-19 patients?
Yes	312	73.9
No	110	26.1
Are you a frontline healthcare worker?
Yes	301	71.3
No	121	28.7