Depression in UK Doubles During CCP Virus Pandemic: Survey

A woman pushes a shopping trolley through a closed market during the nationwide lockdown due to the CCP virus pandemic, in Manchester, England, on May 1, 2020. Photo by Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images

Almost a fifth of adults in Britain were likely to have experienced depression in June, double the amount before the pandemic, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

In a newly released report, the ONS compared the proportion of the British population with depressive symptoms before and during the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic.