Five years on most Cambridgeshire local say they agreed with 2020 lockdown

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More info × Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice A Covid-19 survey has revealed insight into the pandemic era – as Sunday (March 23) marks the fifth anniversary of the first national lockdown. On Monday, March 23, 2020, the prime minister at the time, Boris Johnson, addressed the nation on coronavirus , announcing the first lockdown for all countries in the UK (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland). We have surveyed our readers to find out how people across the country felt at the time, whether they agreed with the lockdown – and if they expect something similar to happen again.

Most Cambridgeshire residents (72%) said they were in support of the March 2020 lockdown, with just 28% voting that they did not agree with it. Most of Cambridgeshire thought that lockdown was the right choice five years ago. However, 28% of people in Cambridgeshire thought it should “never have happened”.

The majority (58%) of local residents also thought the lockdown should have started sooner. In comparison, figures for England in the same survey, showed that only half (50%) thought the restrictions should have been put in place sooner. Only 1% of Cambridgeshire residents thought that lockdown started too early, and 13% thought it happened at the “right time”.

When it came to the question of whether schools should have remained open, 62% voted “no”, therefore agreeing with the closures at the time. A further 38% thought schools should have stayed open to “all students during lockdown“. The overriding feeling across the nation was a feeling of isolation (according to the survey).

Nationally, more than a third of people (38%) said their main feeling during the lockdown “feeling isolated“. This was closely followed by “feeling anxious” with 37% of people across the UK UK voting that they felt anxious. But many also felt angry, according to our poll, with 29% voting that they felt angry about the lockdown.

However, results also showed that this was closely followed by a feeling of being “safe”. Around a quarter (26%) of people across the UK voted that they felt safe during lockdown, and 21% felt “reassured”. Perhaps this was due to the quietness on the streets along with bars and pubs being closed – and that people were mainly restricted and stuck in their own homes.

First day of official lockdown in Petty Cury, Cambridge (Image: Cambridge News) When it came to whether Cambridgeshire residents agreed with lockdown rules, 39% said no, but 61% did agree with the rules. This view varied greatly across the country, with residents in England’s East Midlands region, Leicester, largely not agreeing with the rules – 60% did not agree with restrictions and 40% did agree in that region. 55% of Cambridgeshire residents think that lockdown will never happen again, whereas 45% think that the situation could happen again.

36% of Cambridgeshire locals still wear a face mask sometimes, but the majority of 61% never do now. Across the UK, a huge 76% do not think the NHS has recovered since the pandemic, 16% were not sure, and just 8% in England think the NHS has recovered since Covid. In Cambridgeshire, 79% thought the NHS had not recovered from the pandemic.

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