KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 -- The Covid-19 pandemic is still a pressing concern for Malaysians, but fewer are now as worried as they were in the second half of last year, a new survey found.

Conducted by market research company Ipsos, the survey that ran from April 2020 until March 2021 with 500 online respondents monthly indicated that 61 per cent of them said last month that Covid-19 is one of their three biggest concerns.

The next closest month would be September 2020, when 58 per cent of the respondents said the same thing. From October 2020 until February 2021, this varied between 69 to 77 per cent of respondents.

The survey also indicated that a few months into the year, Malaysians are on average feeling better, both emotionally and ...