A majority of people are satisfied with the government’s handling of the second round of Covid-19 pandemic and admit they are afraid of being infected with the virus, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.
The poll was conducted by telephone interviews on 1,315 people aged 15 and over of various levels of education and occupations throughout the country from Feb 1-3.
Asked whether they were afraid of being infected with the virus, a majority said “yes”, with 25.86% saying “very much” because the virus was spreading very quickly, elderly people were risky of being infected and some people did nothing to protect themselves while vaccines were not yet available, and 37.79% saying they were moderately afraid as more people had been infected than in the first round but they were asymptomatic and kept…
