<p>Of the 69 percent, 19 percent said they had already received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine.</p><p>Sixty-one percent of the African-Americans surveyed said they planned to get vaccinated, up sharply from 42 percent who said they would in November, Pew said.</p><p>The African-American population has been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic which has killed more than 520,000 people in the United States.</p><p>Democrats are 27 percentage points more likely than Republicans -- 83 percent to 56 percent -- to say they plan to get vaccinated or have already been vaccinated, Pew said.</p><p>Two-thirds of those surveyed said they know someone who has been hospitalized for Covid-19 or someone who has died of the disease, a figure which rises to 78 percent among Black Americans.</p><p>Forty-nine percent of Black adults consider the coronavirus a major threat to their personal health compared with 26 percent of white adults, Pew said.</p><p>A number of reasons were cited by the 30 percent of adults who said they did not plan to get vaccinated. Among them were concerns about side effects and a sense the vaccines were developed and tested too quickly.</p><p>The Pew survey of 10,000 people was conducted February 16-21, before the approval by US authorities of the latest vaccine from Johnson & Johnson.</p><p>Andy Slavitt, White House senior advisor for COVID-19 response, said Friday that more than 82 million Covid shots have been administered in the United States -- "more than any country in the world."</p><p>"Nearly 55 percent of people aged 65 or older have received at least one shot," Slavitt said.</p><p>© 2021 AFP</p>
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