US citizens scared of COVID-19: Pew Survey

Washington, Mar 23: The citizens of the most advanced nations like the USA are so scared of the coronavirus that 47 percent of them look at this as a major threat to the health of the US population.

According to the latest survey conducted by the Pew Research Center conducted on March 10-16, the American citizens see multiple threats from the coronavirus and their concerns are growing. 

 

The Pew survey says that 51 percent of the US adult population is flowing the news about the COVID-19 pandemic very closely while 38 percent of them follow it fairly closely. The news media are given high marks by the people for their coverage of the pandemic. However, most US citizens think that media coverage has somewhat exaggerated the risks.

The US has recorded 31000 coronavirus cases with 390 deaths till March 23 with more states have announced state-wide stay at home orders for its citizens. Thus, more than 101 million or roughly 31 percent of the US population are covered by this stay order to remain at home in an effort to slow down the outbreak.

The US now has the third-largest number of coronavirus confirmed cases, behind China and Italy, respectively. States like Ohio, Louisiana, Delaware, California, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York have also issued ‘stay-at-home’ orders.