85 pct of Filipinos worry family members might catch COVID19: SWS
MANILA - Some 85 percent of Filipinos worry that their family members might contract COVID-19, an independent Social Weather Stations survey showed Thursday.
The survey, held from July 3 to 6 through mobile phones and computer-assisted calls, showed a slight decline from the 87 percent of respondents in May who said they were worried of contracting the illness, SWS said. The worry level was highest in Metro Manila, considered the epicenter of the virus outbreak, at 92 percent. This is followed by Balance Luzon at 87 percent, Visayas at 85 percent, and Mindanao at 77 percent, according to the study.
The pollster also said Filipinos were more worried about catching the virus than Americans, citing an ABC News/Washington Post survey in May which found that 63 percent of Americans were concerned that their immediate family would be infected.
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