COVID-19: necessary measures to avoid spread Mexico

The perceived risk of getting infected with the coronavirus, officially known as SARS-CoV-2, has been increasing in Mexico as the outbreak develops. On February 28, 2020, Mexico confirmed the first cases of COVID-19 in the country. According to a survey, as of the third week of March, 2020, 91.1 percent of respondents considered that cancelling concerts, festivals and similar events was necessary to contain the spread of the disease. Cancelling sports events, closing schools, and forbidding personal celebrations such as weddings were also considered as appropriate measures to mitigate transmission by more than 80 percent of respondents.

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Measures perceived as necessary to avoid the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mexico as of March 2020

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Cancelling concerts, festivals, and similar mass events	91.1%
Cancelling sports events	89.8%
Closing schools	87.3%
Cancelling large celebrations such as weddings and baptisms	83.6%
Closing borders for travelers coming from other countries	75%
Closing bars and restaurants	71.9%
Cancelling foreign flights	64.8%
Closing borders completely	52.4%
Forbidding people to leave their houses for a certain period of time	51.8%
Fining people who do not follow the rules	45.2%

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Release date

March 2020

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Region

Mexico

Survey time period

March 20 to 22, 2020

Number of respondents

1,000 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Suvery carried out among people with a smartphone and internet access

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Considering the current situation in Mexico, do you consider that it is necessary to...?". Wording used in this statistic may slightly differ from the original.

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