Ipsos survey collected data from 14 countries which suggests that only in 4 countries (China, India, Italy, Russia), the majority of people support restarting the economy with the coronavirus still uncontained.
As the governments across the world try to find solutions to reopen the stuck economies due to coronavirus either by containing or curing the virus, individual citizens of the countries are debating about how confident they are about leaving their houses after the lockdown ends. Ipsos survey sheds light on the same aspects.
Ipsos survey collected data from 14 countries which suggests that only in 4 countries (China, India, Italy, Russia), the majority of people support restarting the economy with the coronavirus still uncontained and pretty much out there. While only in two countries (Germany, Italy), the majority of people are not “very nervous” about leaving their homes.
Surprisingly, those who want their economies restarted before the virus is contained also report being “very nervous” about leaving their homes after lockdown ends- with 72% Japanese and 82% Indians. This means that countries that are willing to re-open economies may find it difficult to get people out of their homes in order to kickstart activities as usual.
India has been under lockdown for more than 40 days now. The lockdown is supposed to go on till 17th May. Though the Indian government has been looking at opening the economy slowly and stepwise through this period. The third phase of lockdown came with many relaxations including the opening of industries in Covid-free areas and allowing liquor sale, one of the biggest revenue generators for state governments.
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