One in Five Canadians Not Taking COVID-19 Pandemic Seriously: Poll

People take in the sunset at English Bay Beach, in Vancouver, on Saturday, March 21, 2020. The City of Vancouver asked those coming to the park and beach to maintain a distance of two metres between one another due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — One in five Canadians weren’t taking the deadly COVID−19 pandemic seriously as recently as last weekend, a new poll suggests.