A majority of people want to be informed of the Covid-19 spread on television on a daily basis, according to a survey carried out by the Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.
The poll was conducted online on 1,243 people throughout the country between April 13-17.
Asked what they wanted to know most during the Covid-19 outbreak, with each respondent allowed to give more than one answer, 79.85% mentioned statistics and information about the pandemic; 69.94% the time when the pandemic is expected to be over; 63.50% the medications to cure the disease; 60.03% ways of preventing themselves from contracting it; and 55.52% the appropriate medical care for the infected.
Regarding their preferred channels of getting the information, 81.01% wanted to get it via television; 66.37% Facebook; 58.97% Line; 44.97% news websites; and 46.74% medical personnel.
On their preferred frequency of getting the information, 60.34% said they wanted to get it on a daily basis; 27.84% twice a day; 5.95% every hour; and 5.87% once every two or three days.
Over half of the respondents -- 58.57% -- said they felt anxious whenever they received information on Covid-19, while the rest said otherwise.
Asked why they became worried, 60.70% said it was because they had received both true and fake news; 55.01% said seeing high figures of the deaths and infections made them nervous; 44.04% said news about the pandemic was presented in so many different ways; 42.01% said they had been overloaded with information about the virus; and 31.17% said the virus news was predominantly worrying.
