Agreement with quarantining cities over coronavirus worldwide by country 2020

A recent survey from IPSOS found that a majority of people in select countries worldwide would think a total quarantine of certain towns or cities because of large numbers of COVID-19 cases would be a correct response given the risk. This statistic shows the percentage of respondents worldwide who felt quarantining towns and cities in their country would be okay if faced with large numbers of COVID-19 cases as of February 29, 2020, by country.

Share of respondents who felt quarantining towns and cities in their country would be okay if faced with large numbers of COVID-19 cases as of February 29, 2020, by country

Characteristic	They are over-reacting, a total quarantine is excessive	A total quarantine is correct given the risk
Australia	23%	77%
Canada	22%	78%
France	30%	70%
Germany	38%	62%
Italy	40%	60%
Japan	36%	64%
Russia	22%	78%
United Kingdom	26%	74%
United States	30%	70%
Vietnam	9%	91%

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Release date

March 2020

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

February 28 to 29, 2020

Number of respondents

10,000 respondents

Age group

16-74 years

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "If you heard your government had decided to totally quarantine certain towns or cities because of large numbers of coronavirus or COVID-19 cases meaning no one could go in or out, which would you think?"

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