Scientists in eight countries have just three weeks to survey 1000 people. Candidates will be asked about their mental well-being as well as their trust in government messaging, news reporting and social media. He said the New Zealand team have already finished their survey and found Kiwis have high trust in health authorities"That's probably a reflection of the response that we had which was quite coordinated." Schluter is also the academic lead on the well-being project set up in response to the Christchurch earthquakes and said he had a special interest in seeing how Cantabrians responded to the virus. "I want to look at Christchurch versus the rest of the country data to see how we're doing," he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 06, 2020 22:07 UTC