The study believes that the panic of the people may have been due to COVID-19 being transmitted from human-to-human, quarantine of Wuhan, and COVID-19 being declared as a “public health emergency of international concern”. However, the level of stress in the public has been decreasing most likely due to the work of the Chinese Government to control the spread of the virus. The study recommends that further work should be done to help the vulnerable populations, strengthen the public health system, implement a nationwide psychological first aid program, and create a system for future crises.