Peru, Singapore heed lockdown advice, Google Map analysis shows


A car drives along an otherwise empty road in the financial district of Singapore on April 24, 2020, as the country undergoes a partial lockdown to fight the spread of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus. Peru, Singapore and New Zealand have among the highest levels of compliance, based on tracking people’s movement between work and home and lengths of stay, Nomura economists wrote. — AFP

Stay home may have been the message from many governments across the globe in recent weeks, but analysis of Google Maps data by Nomura suggest residents of some countries are taking it more seriously than others.

Peru, Singapore and New Zealand have among the highest levels of compliance, based on tracking people’s movement between work and home and lengths of stay, Nomura economists Rob Subbaraman and Rebecca Wang wrote.

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