Approval for how the Government is handling the Covid pandemic has dropped below 50 per cent.

That's according to a Kantar poll in the Sunday Independent, which says 43 per cent of people are happy with how the government are dealing with the fight against Covid.

It's a fall of 19 points since the previous poll taken at the end of last year.

While the survey found half of people feel the restrictions are being lifted too slowly, 59 per cent of those surveyed approved of NPHET's handling of the pandemic.