Over 64 percent of Indonesian respondents in a survey conducted by global public opinion and data company YouGov have revealed that they wish to be vaccinated against COVID-19, while mentioning Russia among their top-three vaccine-manufacturing countries.

The same survey also showed that over 85 percent of Indonesian respondents prefer the human adenovirus vaccine platform used for the Sputnik V vaccine candidate over non-human adenovirus platforms.

According to the website for Sputnik V, sputnikvaccine.com, adenoviral vectors are considered extremely safe and are some of the easiest to engineer. Vectors are viruses that have had the gene responsible for replication removed. Therefore, they no longer pose any threat of infection. Scientists use vectors to transport genetic material from a different virus – one that is being vaccinated against – into a human cell.

As many as 12,000 people across 11 countries took part in the survey, which was aimed at studying opinions regarding potential COVID-19 vaccines. The respondents included people from Brazil, Vietnam, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and the Philippines.

The survey, conducted from Oct. 9 to 19, also showed that 73 percent of total respondents were willing to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. 

Meanwhile, four out of five respondents who were aware of the Sputnik V vaccine were willing to be vaccinated with it, increasing Russia’s confidence as a global vaccine manufacturer. The survey also revealed that over 30 percent of the respondents were aware of the vaccine.

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