25% of players do not intend to get a vaccine, EFL reveals
The English Football League has revealed that only 75 percent of the players are vaccinated or intend to be, and the rest are reluctant.
The vaccination process among football players is slow, as the elite footballers are not as eager as rest of the society to take the COVID-19 shots.
The English Football League has revealed in a statement that based on recent collected data, only 75 percent of the players in the English football are vaccinated or intend to be, and the rest have no intentions of receiving the COVID-19 shots.
The statement reads:
"On vaccination, the EFL is encouraging all eligible players and staff to get fully vaccinated and a booster jab to help protect colleagues and minimize the risk of fixtures being postponed. The EFL will also be supporting the Government’s ‘Get Boosted Now’ campaign over the coming weeks.
"The latest vaccine data collated for November has shown that 75% of players across the EFL are either fully vaccinated, have had a single jab or intend to be vaccinated. Double vaccinated players total 59%, 16% are set to get the jab, while 25% of players currently do not intend to get a vaccine."
The EFL's medical advisor, Richard Higgins also reflected on the issue, saying:
“We know that getting double jabbed and boosted now will reduce the risk of getting seriously ill or dying from COVID-19, reduce the risk of catching or spreading COVID-19 amongst team-mates and loved ones, while helping protect against COVID-19 variants including Omicron.”
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