While Singapore might still be battling with the coronavirus, its citizens feel that the government has been vigilant in slowing down the spread.
A survey was launched by the National University Health System’s (NUHS) Mind Science Centre on May 20, 2020 which saw 1,407 people participating. The survey was completed on June 15 the same year.
Out of the total participants, 57 percent felt that the government had the situation under control, while 29 percent were neutral on the country’s efforts. Only 15 percent thought that the Singaporean government didn’t have the situation under control.
75 percent of participants believed that the government offered useful information on the coronavirus situation. 20 percent felt neutral on the information provided, and just five percent found the information not helpful.
The survey consists of 10 questions, and participants had a choice to strongly agree or disagree with their answers.
NUHS also released another survey that collected data on the mental state of people who are working from home. Surprisingly, that survey found that 61 percent of people were more stressed than 53 percent of frontliners.
It also showed that 51 percent of people were stressed being stuck at home compared to 32 percent of frontliners.
Singapore had its lockdown measures called Circuit Breaker (CB). Similar to Malaysia’s Movement Control Order (MCO), people were only allowed to go out to buy essential goods and were asked not to linger around.
As of August 20, the country has a total of 56,099 reported cases. Putting them one of the highest in Southeast Asia but below Indonesia and Philippines which recorded 147,211 and 178,022 respectively as of August 20, 2020.
However, the country has somewhat controlled the spread of the virus. As of August 11, the number of infected has dropped below 100, with only August 13 and 18 showing numbers above 100.
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Cover image sourced from The Straits Time.
