Canadians' COVID-19 fears rising due to turbulent outbreak south of border

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Ottawa, Jul 8 (Canadian-Media): With Canada's reported declining number of daily new cases of COVID-19 over time, Canadians' concerns about the spread of the disease have spiked due to the uncontrolled outbreak south of the border, said a survey conducted by Léger for the Association for Canadian Studies, media reports said.

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Newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Canada has dropped from between 1,000 and 2,000 almost every day over a month ago, to 400 per day for over a week, and since June 7, the daily count of new cases in Canada has been 500 or less. 

Although the country is in a much better place than it was just a few months ago, nevertheless, Canadians are feeling more worried today,  July 8 according to a recent poll.
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Newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Canada has dropped from 1,000 and 2,000 almost every day over a month ago, to 400 per day for over a week, and since June 7, the daily count of new cases in Canada has been 500 or less. 

Although the country is in a much better place than it was just a few months ago, nevertheless, Canadians are feeling more worried today,  July 8 according to a recent poll.

A survey conducted by Léger for the Association for Canadian Studies between July 3 and 5, found that 58 percent of respondents were personally afraid of contracting COVID-19. That figure has increased seven percentage points in two weeks and is now the highest it has been in Léger's weekly polling since mid-April. It's a notable shift in public opinion. Concern peaked in early April, when 64 per cent of Canadians reported being personally afraid of getting sick. At the time, Canada was reporting over 1,200 new cases every day.

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According to the Léger poll, 82 percent of Canadians expect a second wave, that's up six points from early June.
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Just eight percent of respondents are in favour of the government to accelerate the pace of relaxing physical distancing and self-isolation measures, down five points since last month.

The number of respondents who want to slow down the pace has increased to 28 percent, up seven points.