Although approving of the government’s lockdown strategy, Indians are fearful of lockdown impact on essential services and jobs, shows a new survey The fear around coronavirus is higher in India than most Western countries, but less so compared to other Asian countries.
And within India, it is millennials who appear more fearful compared to other age-groups, shows a Mint analysis of a large-scale global survey conducted by market research firm YouGov.
Among the millennials in India, women said they were more scared of the virus than men. Across genders, those belonging to the GenZ generation (post-millennial adults) were less scared than millennials.