Nearly 70% of Ukrainians see coronavirus quarantine as effective - poll

"Nearly 70% think the quarantine introduced is effective, whereas a quarter holds the opposite view," according to the survey.

It shows that 61% of those polled consider measures introduced by the authorities to combat the spread of coronavirus to be optimal, whereas 17% think they are too soft.

"Fifteen percent are convinced that measures are too stringent. Over the past two weeks, the number of those who consider measures to be too soft has decreased from 28% to 17%, while the number of those who consider them to be too stringent has increased from 7% to 15%," the pollster said.

In addition, 55% of those polled consider President Volodymyr Zelensky's response to the threat of coronavirus in Ukraine to be effective, whereas 31% hold the opposite opinion.

"With regard to the Ministry of Health, 41% of those polled consider the actions of the agency to be effective, 44% consider them to be ineffective. As for the Interior Ministry, 39% consider the actions of this institution to be effective, 35% consider them to be ineffective, and 25% could not evaluate them. As for the effectiveness of Prime Minister [Denys] Shmyhal's actions, 43% found it difficult to answer, 28% estimated his actions as effective, and 29% as ineffective," the poll shows.

The survey was conducted among residents of Ukraine aged 18 years and over in all regions of the country, except for the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea and Donbas. A total of 2,000 respondents were interviewed. The poll's margin of error does not exceed 2.2%.

According to the Public Health Center, 3,372 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases were registered in Ukraine as of 09:00 on April 14. Ninety-eight people died of the disease, and 119 recovered. A total of 270 new cases have been recorded over the past 24 hours.

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