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Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the thoughts and attitudes of healthcare professionals towards coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in the first days of vaccination. Methods: The study was conducted between January and February 2021 a state hospital. Ethics committee approval and research permission from the Ministry of Health were obtained before starting the study. Participants were asked to fill out the opinion form via Google Forms. The data were evaluated in the SPSS 21 program. Results: One hundred and sixty of the health workers were women and their mean age was 37.27±9.21 years. Majority of healthcare workers (74.8%) wanted to have any COVID-19 vaccine, and these vaccines were Sinoviac-China (58.7%) Biontech/Pfizer Vaccine-Germany (28.3%), Oxford/Astra Zeneca Vaccine-England, respectively (5.3%), Sputnik Vaccine-Russia (4.0%), and Moderna Vaccine-United States (3.6%). Positive attitude towards the COVID-19 vaccine mean score was 3.56±0.88; the mean score of negative attitude was found to be 3.30±0.70 (p>0.05). The mean score of positive attitude towards the COVID-19 vaccine was found to be significantly higher in healthcare professionals with a master’s/doctorate education, compared to those with a lower education level. Conclusion: In our study, it was determined that health workers had positive attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine and their negative attitudes were low. The perceptions and attitudes of healthcare professionals, who are at the forefront of the fight against the epidemic, towards COVID-19 vaccines are invaluable both in managing the epidemic and in achieving success in combating the epidemic. Multidisciplinary and multidisciplinary studies are needed to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates.

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