Third of Spaniards ready to take COVID-19 vaccine immediately, survey shows

People shop at El Rastro flea market in Madrid
People shop at El Rastro flea market in Madrid

MADRID (Reuters) - About a third of the Spanish population is ready to take the COVID-19 vaccine immediately, while 55.2% of them would rather wait for the effects to be known, a survey carried out by CIS pollster showed on Friday.

Only 8.4% of Spaniards would refuse to take any sort of vaccine, showed the survey that was carried out on Nov. 23-26. Spain's population is around 47 million people.

(Reporting by Emma Pinedo, Editing by Inti Landauro and Andrei Khalip)

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