84% of Italian adults said COVID-19 is a major threat to the country, compared with 67% of American adults.
Across the eight countries surveyed, between 53% and 75% of adults said the spread of infectious diseases is a major threat.
In the United States, Democrats are more likely than Republicans to cite COVID-19 and the spread of infectious diseases as major threats to the country.
The COVID-19 pandemic has reached an inflection point: In countries like the United States, where more than 60 percent of adults are at least partially vaccinated and shots are widely available, residents are beginning to return to their routines and navigate life post-pandemic. Yet other nations remain firmly in COVID-19’s grip, and the global crisis is far from over.