More than half of Filipinos have said that they have easy access to a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination site in their area, based on a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results released on Tuesday, Aug. 17.
Based on the survey findings, 68 percent of adult Filipinos have said that they have easy access to a COVID-19 site in their area (consisting of 54 percent "very easy" and 14 percent "somewhat easy"), 3 percent found it difficult (2 percent "somewhat difficult," 1 percent "very difficult"), and 29 percent said they have no access at all.
The SWS survey was conducted among 1,200 respondents from June 23 to 26.
During the survey, the respondents were also asked to describe the pace of vaccination in their own barangay, city or municipality, and the Philippines, as a whole.
Fifty-one percent said the pace of vaccination in their own barangay is "slow" (29 percent "somewhat slow" and 21 percent "too slow"), and 41 percent said the pace is "alright."
In their own city or municipality, 44 percent said the pace of vaccination is slow (31 percent somewhat slow, 13 percent too slow), and 49 percent said it is alright.
When asked about the Philippines as a whole, 50 percent said the pace of vaccination is slow (35 percent somewhat slow, 15 percent too slow), and 45 percent said the pace is alright.
SWS noted that complaints about the slow pace of vaccination were more prevalent among those with either difficult or no access to a vaccination site than those with easy access.
The percentage of those who consider the vaccination pace in their own barangay to be slow (percentage somewhat slow and percentage too slow) is highest in the Visayas (58 percent), followed by Balance Luzon (53 percent), Mindanao (48 percent), and Metro Manila (39 percent).
The percentage of those who consider the vaccination pace in their own city or municipality to be slow is also highest in the Visayas (50 percent), followed by Balance Luzon (46 percent), Mindanao (39 percent), and Metro Manila (35 percent).
Meanwhile, SWS found that the percentage of those who consider the vaccination pace in the Philippines to be slow is highest in Metro Manila (57 percent), followed by Balance Luzon (55 percent), the Visayas (51 percent), and Mindanao (33 percent).