Coronavirus: Here’s what people said about reopening multiplexes, gyms; survey results out

According to a firm, the survey was carried out to ‘gauge the collective pulse before the announcement of the guidelines of the Unlock 3 starting August 1’  

New Delhi: Seventy-two per cent of people across the country are not in favour of visiting multiplexes and gyms, while 63% are against the resumption of local train services as they feel these are risky in the current COVID-19 crisis, according to a survey.

Conducted by a social media-based platform LocalCircles, the survey showed that 72% of 34,000 people across 255 districts in the country are in favour of not visiting multiplexes in the next 60 days as they feel it will be risky, while only 6% felt otherwise.

According to the firm, the survey was carried out to "gauge the collective pulse before the announcement of the guidelines of the Unlock 3 starting August 1".

On the issue of restarting metro and local train services from August 1, 63% of the respondents said they are against it, while 29% are willing to avail it, the surveyor said.

Regarding international air travel, 62% of the respondents are against its restart from next month, while 31% are in favour of it.

The government had set up bilateral 'air bubbles' with countries like the US, Germany and France for repatriation purposes, while it is looking at similar arrangements with Canada, UK and Gulf.

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