Most Russians support travel restrictions due to coronavirus

Tourists around the world are supporting action to combat the coronavirus, such as closing down affected countries.

Such data was shown by a survey of the company Ipsos, which took place in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Great Britain, USA.

Russians support the trend and vote for quarantine. 85% support screening of visitors China In Russia, 91% of users supported it.

66% of respondents agree that the government should ban travel to and from affected countries – in Russia this thesis was supported by 64%, 61% believe that airlines should close flights to China. 54% of our compatriots are ready to close not only China, but countries with a serious number of infected. 84% of Russians support quarantine for those already infected.

The level of concern in Russia is less. For example, the spread of coronavirus concerns 66% of respondents in Japan, 61% in Australia and 55% in the United States. In Russia, 42% confirmed the fear.

Worldwide, forecasts are pessimistic, with only 19 percent believing the virus is controlled. In Russia, optimists are 33%. By the way, 33% of Russians believe that the worst is ahead.

On Thursday, the perception of the scale of the coronavirus epidemic in China suddenly changed for the whole world: the Chinese authorities reported a “change in the method” of identifying those infected.

As a result, the number of newly identified in just one province of Hubei - the epicenter of the epidemic - increased by 14,840 people, and the number of deaths - by 242.

In the past, China has reported about 2,000 new cases every day, across the country. Due to the “changed method”, the number of cases increased by 7 times, and the number of infected in the country reached 60,000.

Source: tourprom