The majority of people in Greater Manchester support the second national lockdown and think it should have happened sooner, according to our latest survey.
However, despite this support, most people aren't keen it on it lasting any longer than a month.
The government imposed a second month-long national lockdown on November 5 to reduce the spread of coronavirus.
All non-essential services and businesses were forced to close, including pubs and restaurants, while essential shops and educational settings remain open.
The government also returned to its message of 'stay at home, to protect the NHS and save lives', meaning residents are currently only permitted to leave home for a limited number of reasons.
The restrictions are set to end on December 2.
We asked our readers what they thought about the second national lockdown in a survey.
More than 58,000 people responded and of those, 66 per cent said they supported the lockdown.
Though 71 per cent of people said they think it should have started earlier.
And while the majority are in favour of the lockdown, over half of people - 58 per cent - said they don't think it should go on for more than a month.
Two-thirds of people said that schools and universities should have been closed like they were in the first lockdown imposed in March.
60 per cent of those who responded said the lockdown would not reduce their income.
Those who thought the lockdown should have started sooner were more likely to say they think it should go on longer than a month - 55 per cent.
In comparison, only nine per cent of those who didn’t think lockdown should have started sooner say it should now go on longer.
While those who said they would not be impacted were more likely to support the lockdown (70 per cent), even among those whose income would be hit, a majority still support the restrictions (60 per cent).
However, those who would see their income reduced were slightly more likely to favour a longer lockdown, at 43 per cent, compared to 42 per cent who were unaffected.
The M.E.N also asked readers about their thoughts on mayor Andy Burnham.
When asked whether they agreed with his 'sheer injustice' view on the government installing 80 per cent furlough after weekend of refusing Greater Manchester's pleas for a similar scheme in Tier 3, 69 per cent of people said they did.
Nationally, according to survey results from across our sister sites in England, 67 per cent of people support the second lockdown and 71 per cent felt it should have started earlier.
38 per cent of people expected their income to be affected across England as a whole.
