Coronavirus

No significant shift in sentiment seen in most countries surveyed.

The return to the pre-COVID workplace is highly uneven across countries and demographic groups.

While coronavirus is still a top health concern among Swiss people, stress, cancer and mental health related issues comes right after. Like people in other countries, Swiss are not very optimistic that pandemic will end soon, with two-thirds of the public expecting that a return to a normal pre-COVID life is still more than six months away – if it ever happens.

There is no consensus on what would signal the end of the pandemic. In most of the 33 countries surveyed, the majority don’t expect it’ll happen any time soon.

How COVID-19 has changed the overall health of people? In what areas did their health decline or remain stable? To what extent did people experience new health problems or worsen pre-existing conditions? What proportion of individuals gave up treatment or care during the pandemic? For what reasons? Was this absence of treatments or visits compensated by a greater use of telemedicine and digital applications?

Coronavirus remains the top global concern after 18 months of tracking during the pandemic.

Local perspectives on our issues tracker during the pandemic.

Few countries experience meaningful change in sentiment.

Still, most citizens view getting first doses of COVID vaccines to all who want them a greater priority than making booster shots available.