Using results from a proprietary survey of 2963 individuals in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa and Singapore, this study tests for correlation between feelings of ethnocentrism, and fear of COVID-19. The authors focus specifically on populations in the Global South, since structural global inequality meant that those populations tended to be most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic (in terms of mortality, morbidity, loss of infrastructure, etc.). The study finds that throughout all the populations surveyed, stronger feelings of ethnocentrism significantly predicted greater fear of COVID-19.