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View all search resultsGlobal survey finds Indonesians ‘least optimistic’ about COVID-19
A global survey has found that public perception of the government's COVID-19 measures in Indonesia is currently the lowest in the world.
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ndonesians have erred on the side of doubt and pessimism while the government struggles to mitigate the COVID-19 epidemic in the country, according to a recent survey by YouGov.
The global public opinion organization’s latest update on Monday shows that "Perception of government handling of COVID-19" has dropped in Indonesia.
Overall public approval of the Indonesian government's COVID-19 response declined from 66 percent on May 11 to 50 percent on May 25, according to the YouGov tracker.
The Philippines also recorded a decline in public approval over the same period, from 72 percent to 64 percent.
The trend towards skepticism in Indonesia and the Philippines was congruent with a significant drop in optimism regarding the current crisis, the organization said in its related report, "International COVID-19 tracker update: 1 June".
“It is no coincidence that the fall in the faith in the Indonesian and Filipino governments comes at the same time as a sharp drop in the belief that the coronavirus situation in those countries is getting better,” it states.
According to the survey, only 19 percent of Indonesians believe that "the national COVID-19 situation was improving", a significant decline from 35 percent recorded in the previous survey.
