(Bloomberg) -- Americans are sharply divided along partisan lines about the threat of coronavirus and President Donald Trump’s handling of it.

According to a Pew Research Center survey released Wednesday, 79% of Democrats believe Trump is not taking the virus seriously enough, while only 22% of Republicans said they feel the same.

The survey also found that 76% of Republicans believe the news media is exaggerating the risks of coronavirus, while only 49% of Democrats said they felt the same.

And 59% of Democrats said the outbreak is a major threat to the health of the U.S. population, compared with 33% of Republicans did. In light of the recent record plunges in the stock market, however, both parties generally agreed on the virus’s effects on the economy, with 77% of Democrats and 62% of Republicans thinking that it is a threat.

The survey was conducted March 10-16 among 8,914 U.S. adults through a Pew panel. The margin of error is 1.6 percentage points.

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(Disclaimer: Michael Bloomberg, the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, also sought the Democratic presidential nomination. He endorsed Joe Biden on March 4.)

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