Google travel data show lockdown fatigue in US, Australia; other countries stay home

People walk and jog at the walk side of Bondi Beach after the beach reopens to surfers and swimmers after it was closed to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), with strict social distancing measures remaining in place, in Sydney, Australia, on April 28, 2020. — Reuters

OAKLAND, California: More people stayed home in Brazil, Japan and Singapore in April as those countries' novel coronavirus cases surged, while people in the United States and Australia returned to parks and jobs as infection rates flattened, data from Google show.

The latest weekly update of aggregated travel patterns Google collected from its users' phones pointed to increased disobedience with lockdown orders in place since March but rising compliance with those issued last month.