| dc.description.abstract | COVID-19 is a pandemic situation in which the people suffer from the SARS-COV virus. Most of the people in this fall sick as a result of the COVID-19 due to which the people suffer from mild to severe symptoms and recover without having special treatment. However, people suffering from severe symptoms have to require special treatment and medication. For this purpose, the vaccinations had been introduced to prevent the COVID-19. However, several risks had been associated with the vaccination of COVID-19. There exist several risks and threats associated with the vaccination. The purpose of this paper is to identify the COVID-19 vaccination risks among people in Norway and Pakistan. This research study attempts to highlight the risks identified by Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) while providing COVID-19 vaccination. This research study adopts a qualitative research design in which a total of 20 interviews have been conducted with HCPs. A total of 10 interviews from Pakistan and 10 interviews from Norway have been conducted. The research study has indicated that a total of several causalities and motivational conversations with HCPs are the motivations for people to take COVID-19 vaccination. However, the myths and unavailability of the reality and truth are the risks faced by people in Pakistan. However, HCPs from Norway have indicated that the willingness of the patients and support from family members are motivations for the encouragement of the people to take vaccines in Norway. However, the risk-seeking attitude of people is influenced by the scare of side effects and negative media reports, and lack of trust in the vaccines. This research study should be carried forward in terms of determining the risk-seeking attitude of the people in various other countries of the world. Similarly, this research study should also be carried out by following a longitudinal design by determining the risk-seeking attitude of people before and after taking the COVID-19 vaccination. | |