LONDON, May 5 — A substantial majority of people around the world want their governments to prioritise saving lives over moves to restart economies being hammered by measures aimed at halting the spread of the new coronavirus, a global survey found. The latest findings of the “Edelman Trust...
Tuesday, 05 May 2020 12:00 PM MYT
The latest findings of the “Edelman Trust Barometre,” which for two decades has polled tens of thousands of people on their trust in core institutions, challenge the notion that “lockdown fatigue” is rising among populations hit by the pandemic. The study, produced by US communications company Edelman, was based on fieldwork carried out in Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States.
“It’s complicated because you have two crises simultaneously — a health crisis and an economic crisis,” said Richard Edelman, CEO of Edelman. Authorities in New Zealand and Vietnam have been praised for early moves to halt the spread with social distancing measures while governments in the United States, UK, Japan, Russia and elsewhere have faced criticism for a lack of preparedness.
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