Table 2.
Impact of the pandemic on the general population
| Answer categories | No. of cases | Total % | |
| Loss of job | No | 42 475 | 75.12 |
| Yes, the company made a labour force adjustment plan | 103 | 0.18 | |
| Yes, the company made a temporary labour force adjustment plan | 5530 | 9.78 | |
| Yes, I have lost some previously contracted/arranged jobs | 3252 | 5.75 | |
| Yes, I was fired | 499 | 0.88 | |
| Yes, others | 4687 | 8.29 | |
| Spending less | Yes | 34 307 | 60.66 |
| A little | 12 493 | 22.09 | |
| No | 9747 | 17.23 | |
| Sought social assistance/or any other assistance | No | 51 588 | 91.00 |
| Not yet, but will need to | 2756 | 5.00 | |
| Yes | 2208 | 4.00 | |
| Contact with someone infected by SARS-CoV-2 | I do not know | 45,86 | 80.15 |
| Yes, with a probable non-confirmed case | 5627 | 9.83 | |
| Yes, with a confirmed case | 5730 | 10.01 | |
| Presence of symptoms (since February) | No | 26 598 | 26.18 |
| Headache | 16 268 | 16.01 | |
| Sore throat | 10 013 | 9.85 | |
| Nasal congestion/runny nose | 9322 | 9.17 | |
| Extreme fatigue/tiredness | 7029 | 6.91 | |
| Persistent cough (for 1 week or more) | 6957 | 6.84 | |
| Muscle pain | 6299 | 6.20 | |
| Diarrhoea | 5453 | 5.36 | |
| Dizziness | 2897 | 2.85 | |
| Shortness of breath | 2231 | 2.19 | |
| Chest pain | 1935 | 1.90 | |
| Loss of smell, smell blindness | 1894 | 1.86 | |
| Persistent fever (for 1 week or more) | 1663 | 1.63 | |
| Loss of appetite/weight | 1333 | 1.31 | |
| Loss of taste | 1689 | 1.66 | |
| No. of symptoms* | 1 | 11 899 | 40.03 |
| 2 | 7062 | 23.76 | |
| 3 | 4365 | 14.68 | |
| 4 | 2481 | 8.34 | |
| How did they feel when answering the questionnaire | Well | 37 599 | 66.50 |
| Normal | 12 726 | 22.50 | |
| Not at 100% | 6010 | 10.60 | |
| Bad | 235 | 0.42 | |
| Use of healthcare resources put in place in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic | None | 38 955 | 64.25 |
| Have used an app set up for management of COVID-19 cases | 13 044 | 21.51 | |
| Have called a telephone number set up for the management of COVID-19 cases | 3399 | 5.60 | |
| Have been to a public healthcare centre (including General Practitioners (GP)) | 2286 | 3.77 | |
| Have been tested | 1108 | 1.82 | |
| Have been to private doctor/healthcare centre | 973 | 1.60 | |
| Have gone to the emergency room | 863 | 1.42 | |
| For those tested, result of the test | Negative | 621 | 57.76 |
| Positive | 454 | 42.23 | |
Number of cases (number of responses received per answer category) and percentage of the total responses obtained for each question. Please note that some of the questions were multiple choice.
*For the number of symptoms only answers up to four are presented, even if the percentage given was calculated for all the responses obtained.