In a survey conducted by Bernama involving 1,251 respondents, it was found that 95.3% were in favour of the nationwide total lockdown.

The respondents of the online survey were men and women aged between 18 and 61 years, comprising various races from across the country.

A total of 1,213 people or 97% of the respondents are confident that the lockdown will be able to reduce the overwhelming surge in Covid-19 cases.

Those who participated in the survey were government or statutory bodies’ staff (600), private sector employees (395), self-employed (124), unemployed (104) and students (44) living in urban, rural and suburban areas, with education qualifications from SPM up to doctorate levels.

On whether the 14-day total lockdown would affect their family’s income, 52.2% of respondents replied in the affirmative.

The survey also found that 64.7% of the respondents were worried that the lockdown would result in them losing their source of income, 54.6% feared their basic necessities would not be sufficient while 44% feared they would suffer from depression.

The respondents also hoped that the government could provide a moratorium for targeted groups, give a discount on utility bills and psychological support to help take care of their mental health.

Interestingly, 81.9% of the respondents agreed that the total lockdown could strengthen family ties as parents can be with their children under one roof, for some time.

In the survey, 43.6% of the respondents also agreed that the total lockdown should be for 30 days, 31% were of the view that 14 days should suffice, while 25.4% felt 21 days would be ideal.

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