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Public approval had actually grown in some countries, including Russia and Chile. Both nations have rolled out mass vaccination campaigns, Russia using its own Sputnik V, and Chile China's CoronaVac, manufactured by Sinovac.

According to the report, the least satisfied countries were Italy, France, and Poland. Dissatisfaction is also on the rise in Latin America.

© Latana.comThe Democracy Perception Index

The survey also examined people's opinions of Covid-19 restrictions and discovered that many felt their government was increasingly limiting their basic freedoms. According to the findings, this year, 53% of people around the world reported feeling state intervention had gone too far, while, last year, this figure stood at 45%. The report points out that concern at the restrictions had increased most in Europe, especially in Hungary, France, and Ireland, although it was still higher overall in less democratic countries (60%).

The DPI is the world's largest annual study on democracy, being representative of more than 75% of the world's population. This year's online survey polled more than 53,000 individuals in 53 countries between February 24 and April 14.

A greater percentage of Americans are now more worried about declining demand for COVID-19 vaccines than they are about the availability of doses.

The survey found that with more than half of U.S. adults now having had at least one shot, about 55 percent are worried about members of their local community refusing to get vaccinated.

Democrats included in the survey expressed much more concern than Republicans, with roughly 4 in 5 Democrats and 78 percent of those worried about contracting COVID-19 saying they were worried about people in their area not being vaccinated.

Comparatively, only 23 percent of Republicans and 45 percent of those who said they were not worried about being infected said they were concerned about vaccine demand.

CVS Health on Tuesday said that the demand for vaccines at its locations across the U.S. has dropped by nearly a third in recent days.

A CBS News analysis released Monday found that as the pace of vaccinations slows across the country, at least 22 states are not requesting their full inoculation allotments.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki addressed the slowing vaccination rate last month, adding that the Biden administration was working to address the issue of supply outpacing demand.

Gallup's Wednesday poll, conducted April 19-25, surveyed 3,731 U.S. adults and reported a margin of error of 2 percentage points.

After several frustrated parents confronted the tournament director, they agreed the player who threw the punch would be banned for Sunday's game but Olivia said the player who initially pushed Evan was not pulled from play.

"We pay a lot of money, a lot of families pay a lot of money for this AAU," Lennie said.

"It just makes parents not want to pay all this money to put their kids in danger if they're not going to be protected and be safe," said Olivia. "That's sad, because they love basketball."

Evan's parents say they plan to file a report with Oakland police.

A representative with the Amateur Athletic Union or AAU told KPIX 5 Monday the San Francisco Generals are not affiliated with the organization. The representative also said AAU did not host Saturday's tournament, and therefore has no jurisdiction over disciplining the players involved. The confirmation came after the San Francisco Generals posted on their now-deleted Instagram page that they were part of the AAU.

Grassroots 365 posted a statement on its Instagram account and on the organization's website, saying, "We are sickened by the senseless and deplorable actions of individual players on the court this past weekend in Oakland. We have taken swift action to address the individuals involved and will continue to diligently and comprehensively investigate the incident that took place."

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