Table 2.
Knowledge of the Respondents About COVID-19, Employees in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 2020
| Variables | Category | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Know the call center service number to seek information about COVID-19 | Yes | 291 | 46.3 |
| No | 337 | 53.7 | |
| Know the main symptoms of COVID-19 (fever, dry cough, difficulty of breathing) | Yes | 309 | 49.2 |
| No | 319 | 50.8 | |
| Supportive treatment can help most patients recover from the COVID-19 infection | Yes | 132 | 21.0 |
| No | 496 | 79.0 | |
| Patients who have chronic illnesses, elderly and obese are more likely to develop a severe form of COVID-19 | Yes | 297 | 47.3 |
| No | 331 | 52.7 | |
| Persons infected with COVID-19, but has no symptoms cannot transmit the virus to others | Yes | 297 | 47.3 |
| No | 331 | 52.7 | |
| It is not necessary for children and young adults to take measures to prevent COVID-19 | Yes | 297 | 47.3 |
| No | 331 | 52.7 | |
| People who have contact with someone infected with the COVID-19 virus should be immediately quarantined | Yes | 297 | 47.3 |
| No | 331 | 52.7 | |
| Length (in days) of quarantine of people who have contact with COVID-19 cases | 5 | 171 | 27.2 |
| 10 | 112 | 17.8 | |
| 14 | 261 | 41.6 | |
| 21 | 84 | 13.4 |