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Survey: almost half of Romanians see low or non-existent risk of infection
A survey carried out by INSCOP Research at the request of Capital magazinerevealed that 40% of Romanians believe their risk of being infected with the Covid-19 coronavirus is small or non-existent.
The survey was carried out between March 20 and March 24, among 800 people aged over 18. It has a maximum data error of ± 3.5%.
When asked to evaluate the risk of contracting the Covid-19 infection, 23% of respondents said they had a high risk, 28.4% that they had a moderate risk, 24.6% a low risk, and 18.9% no risk at all, while 5.1% did not answer.
The same survey showed 94.1% of Romanians agree with the authorities declaring the state of emergency in order to limit the Covid-19 pandemic. Only 5.1% disagreed with it.
When asked if Romania’s economy will be affected or not by the Covid-19 pandemic, 91% of those surveyed answered affirmatively, 5.2% negatively, and 3.9% did not answer.
Most of the respondents (97.1%) said the state should take special measures to help the citizens who were impactThe survey was carried out between March 20 and March 24, among 800 people aged over 18. It has a maximum data error of ± 3.5%.
When asked to evaluate the risk of contracting the Covid-19 infection, 23% of respondents said they had a high risk, 28.4% that they had a moderate risk, 24.6% a low risk, and 18.9% no risk at all, while 5.1% did not answer.
The same survey showed 94.1% of Romanians agree with the authorities declaring the state of emergency in order to limit the Covid-19 pandemic. Only 5.1% disagreed with it.
When asked if Romania’s economy will be affected or not by the Covid-19 pandemic, 91% of those surveyed answered affirmatively, 5.2% negatively, and 3.9% did not answer.
Most of the respondents (97.1%) said the state should take special measures to help the citizens who were impacted economically by the Covid-19 pandemic, while 1.5% did not agree and 1.4% did not answer.
When asked about the main measures the state should take to support those impacted by the pandemic, 44.3% pointed to the deferral of installments, 43.8% to the state paying a percentage of the salary on the condition that the employer does not fire anyone, 25.5% to a state-covered vacation, 25% to tax cuts, 21.7% to tax exemptions, 21.5% to the state paying a part of the utilities of those fired because of the Covid-19 pandemic, while 1% pointed to other measures.
When asked about the main measures the state should take to support those impacted by the pandemic, 44.3% pointed to the deferral of installments, 43.8% to the state paying a percentage of the salary on the condition that the employer does not fire anyone, 25.5% to a state-covered vacation, 25% to tax cuts, 21.7% to tax exemptions, 21.5% to the state paying a part of the utilities of those fired because of the Covid-19 pandemic, while 1% pointed to other measures.