Coronavirus protection extra measures worldwide by country 2020

A recent worldwide survey showed that respondents in China were more likely to take extra measures to protect themselves from coronavirus (COVID-19) as compared to the U.S. and U.K. as of March 1, 2020. This statistic shows the percentage of respondents in the U.S., China, and the UK who have taken extra measures in the past two weeks specifically to protect themselves from COVID-19 as of March 1, 2020.

Percentage of respondents worldwide who have taken extra measures to protect themselves from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the U.S., UK, and China

Characteristic	United Kingdom	United States	China
Avoid crowded public places	14%	27%	85%
Wear a face mask when in public places	1%	7%	85%
Avoid going to work (e.g., by working from home)	2%	3%	67%
Avoid consumption of raw or uncooked meat	6%	13%	61%
Stop sending children to child care or school	0%	1%	18%
Improve personal hygiene (e.g., washing hands frequently, using hand sanitizer)	35%	42%	84%
Refrain from touching objects in public (e.g., using objects to press elevator buttons)	14%	24%	70%
Avoid physical contact with tourists	9%	17%	58%
Other	2%	3%	1%
None of the above	54%	36%	1%
Not applicable - I am not aware of the Coronavirus (COVID-19)	3%	7%	4%

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Release date

March 2020

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

February 28 to March 1, 2020

Number of respondents

3,716 respondents

Supplementary notes

Original question: "Which, if any, of the following measures have you taken in the past 2 weeks specifically to protect yourself from the Coronavirus (COVID-19)? Please do not select any things that you would have done anyway, or did for other reasons that were not related to the Coronavirus. Please select all that apply."

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