COVID-19 & Science

Americans give their country comparatively low marks for its handling of the pandemic – and people in other nations tend to agree.

There are widely held concerns about the safety and effectiveness of a possible vaccine and the pace of the approval process.

The share of Americans who say they know someone else who has been hospitalized or died due to COVID-19 has increased sharply since spring.

As the pandemic continues, a growing share of Americans say they are regularly wearing a face covering in stores and other businesses.

The pandemic has had a divisive effect on a sense of national unity in many of the countries surveyed: A median of 46% feel more national unity now than before the coronavirus outbreak, while 48% think divisions have grown.

Most Republicans say the primary reason for the rise in confirmed coronavirus cases is that more people are being tested.

Republicans and Democrats' opinions differ on many aspects of the outbreak, including views about religious practices during the pandemic.

Black and Hispanic worshippers are less likely than their white counterparts to say they have gone to a house of worship recently.

Six-in-ten say the primary reason the number of confirmed coronavirus cases is increasing is that there are more new infections; 39% say cases are rising mainly because more people are being tested than in previous months.

Unfavorable views of China reach new historic high, and a majority supports taking a tougher stand on human rights.