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Coronavirus concerns

6 Oct 2020

Q. To what extent are you concerned about the threat of Covid-19 (coronavirus) in Australia?

  05/10 21/09 07/09 24/08 10/08 27/07 13/07 22/06 15/06 08/06 01/06
Very concerned 30% 36% 37% 40% 50% 43% 36% 25% 28% 27% 32%
Quite concerned 52% 45% 45% 46% 40% 44% 48% 50% 45% 48% 49%
Not that concerned 15% 15% 13% 10% 7% 9% 12% 21% 23% 21% 15%
Not at all concerned 3% 4% 5% 4% 3% 4% 3% 4% 4% 5% 4%
Base (n) 1,066 1,081 1,076 1,068 1,010 1,058 1,054 1,079 1,087 1,073 1,059
  • Level of concern with Covid-19 has eased this week. 30% are now very concerned (down from 36% in September), with a corresponding increase to those saying they are Quite concerned (45% to 52%).
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