Singapore: willingness to self isolate during COVID-19 outbreak 2020

As of April 2020, entering the first week of circuit breaker measures to restrain the spread of COVID-19 in Singapore, 75 percent of the respondents stated that they were willing to self-isolate if they felt unwell or experienced a dry cough, fever, loss of sense of taste or smell, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing. In response to the growing number of new cases, Singapore announced on April 3 a set of preventive "circuit breaker" measures, to be applied from April 7 to May 4, with an extension to June 1 announced on April 21.

Share of respondents who would self-isolate when they presented with COVID-19 symptoms in Singapore as of April 2020

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Yes	75%
No	17%
Not sure	7%

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Release date

April 2020

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Region

Singapore

Survey time period

April 1 to April 7, 2020

Number of respondents

14,000 respondents

Special properties

respondents were from 13 countries

Method of interview

Online omnibus survey

Supplementary notes

The surveyed question was :"Thinking about the next seven days, would you isolate yourself after feeling unwell or having any of these following symptoms: dry cough, fever, loss of sense of taste or smell, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing?"

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