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Photo: Quarantine in Kiev in spring 2020 (Vitaliy Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
Ukrainians expect a second wave of infection, but support for quarantine has weakened
Half of Ukrainians (46%) believe that the authorities should reintroduce strict quarantine measures during a possible second wave of the epidemic. The opposite opinion is held by the same number of citizens: 47%.
This is evidenced by the survey data from the Sociological Group “Rating”.
At the same time, 51% of respondents expect a new wave of the coronavirus epidemic in the fall-winter of this year, but 38% do not expect it and 11% had difficulty responding.
The attitude of Ukrainians to the daily briefings of the Ministry of Health on the situation with the coronavirus is ambiguous: 49% support their participation and 43% do not.
According to the survey, 43% of respondents often follow coronavirus news, another 21% occasionally follow coronavirus news, and 18% rarely follow coronavirus news. Generally not interested – 17%.
Very often, they receive information about the coronavirus situation in Ukraine from national television (60%) and Internet sites (51%). Through Facebook, 26% receive information, from family, friends, acquaintances – 17%, YouTube – 14%, Telegram channel and the Viber Coronavirus-Info community – 13%; radio, press, Instagram and the official website of the Ministry of Health: 8-12%.
The sociological group “Rating” conducted a survey by the method of formalized interviews (face-to-face) throughout Ukraine, with the exception of the territories occupied by Russia. Dates: first wave: July 14-19, 2020, second wave: August 15-25, 2020. Set of samples in both waves, 2000 respondents. The representative error does not exceed 2.2%.
Note that according to a survey conducted by the Sotsis Center and the Razumkov Center, in late July 2020, 38.5% of Ukrainians believed that the coronavirus problem was too exaggerated and that there were many other more dangerous diseases .
As RBC-Ukraine reported, according to a KIIS survey, in mid-May, 57% of Ukrainians were more afraid of the economic consequences of the introduction of quarantine restrictions than of the coronavirus epidemic. Only half of Ukrainians maintain a strict quarantine in the event of a second wave of coronavirus.
