Corona vaccination

Background In light of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, vaccination is one of the most important defensive strategies in combating ...

This surge coincided with the date of initiation of the COVID-19 vaccination program in Malaysia [[4]](#references). [[17]](#references). Considering the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this is the first study in Malaysia that investigates the behavior of public interest in COVID-19 vaccination using GT analysis. The increasing Google searches for COVID-19 vaccine booster reached a peak just before the end of the year 2021, and it coincided with the highest number of people receiving COVID-19 booster doses. The first part included an analysis of Google Trends (GT) while the second part involved an analysis of vaccination rate among the Malaysian population via an open-access database. The search volume index (SVI) obtained via the GT was scaled from 0 to 100 within the search duration [[9]](#references). We aimed to conduct an infodemiological study to find the association between Google search, the rate of vaccination, and the number of infected cases in Malaysia. [[6]](#references). [[1]](#references). [[4,5]](#references). A descriptive analysis was used to compare GT analyses and the number of daily vaccinations and positive COVID-19 cases. We aimed to investigate the association between Google search, the vaccination rate, and the number of vaccinated and infected cases among the Malaysian population.