Table 3. Precautions taken to prevent infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 by 193 evacuees while in Wuhan, China* .
| Precaution | No./total no. (%)† |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Total, n = 193 | Submitted NP or OP sample,‡ n = 191 | Submitted serum sample,§ n = 186 | |
| Face mask use | |||
| Usually wore a face mask in past 2 mo while in public | 63/185 (34) | 63/184 (34) | 63/178 (35) |
| Usually wore a face mask in past 1 mo while in public after hearing about COVID-19 |
143/188 (76) |
143/187 (76) |
138/181 (76) |
| Limited time in public | |||
| In past 1 mo after hearing about COVID-19 | 178/188 (95) | 176/186 (95) | 171/181 (94) |
| By taking the following precautions | |||
| Avoided public transport | 150/178 (84) | 148/176 (84) | 144/171 (84) |
| Avoided public gatherings | 154/178 (87) | 153/176 (87) | 148/171 (87) |
| Did not attend work¶ | 53/123 (43) | 53/121 (44) | 53/123 (43) |
| Did not attend school/university# | 19/30 (63) | 19/30 (63) | 15/25 (60) |
| Avoided all public settings (e.g., grocery stores, restaurants) | 125/178 (70) | 124/176 (70) | 119/171 (70) |
*COVID-19, coronavirus disease; NP, nasopharyngeal swab; OP, oropharyngeal swab. †Data for persons for whom responses were missing were excluded from the denominator. ‡Limited to persons who submitted an NP and/or OP specimen. §Limited to persons who submitted serum specimen. ¶Limited to persons who reported an occupation (other than student, stay-at-home parent, or retired). #Limited to persons 2–18 years of age and those reporting student as occupation.