70% believe COVID-19 outbreak will last beyond September

When the Government requested ‘Stay at Home’ measures last month, the public reacted to the seriousness of COVID-19 and 75% of adults said they were very or extremely concerned about the outbreak. Four weeks later, that concern remains high but has declined slightly to 68% of adults, according to Core Research’s latest wave of COVID-19 study. 

 The survey of 1,000 people (conducted online and representative of the population) shows that the level of concern has reduced slightly, as the nation stayed at home, and has started to “flatten the curve.” The high level of compliance with restrictions has reduced the risk of an unmanageable peak of cases, but Government and public health experts continue to encourage people not to become complacent.