Table 2.

Coronavirus-related awareness, risk perceptions, and knowledge (n = 1,480).

Indicator		Percent	95% CI
Awareness and risk perception	Heard of coronavirus	84.5	82.6–86.34
	Expressed that coronavirus existed in Iran	98.1	97.4–98.8
	One of your family or relatives of friends infected by coronavirus	84.5	82.6–86.3
	Aware of possibility to have coronavirus without showing signs/symptoms	79.5	77.4–81.5
	Aware of possibility to survive and recover from coronavirus	84.5	82.6–86.3
	Aware of coronavirus call center to report sick persons and deaths	52.8	50.2–55.3
	Perceived some risk of contracting coronavirus	59.6	57.1–62.1
Knowledge of coronavirus cause	Virus	94.4	93.2–95.5
	Bats/cats/other wild animals	31.7	29.3–34.1
	Parasites	3.7	2.7–4.6
	Bacteria	6.7	5.4–7.9
	Evildoing/sin	4.1	3.1–5.1
	I don't know/ not sure	5.5	4.3–6.6
Knowledge of coronavirus modes of transmission	Air	44.6	42.1–47.1
	Eating “animal meat”	31.9	29.5–34.2
	Eating infected fruits and vegetable	24.2	22.1–26.3
	Saliva of an infected person	87.2	85.5–88.9
	Urine and feces of an infected person	37.3	34.8–39.7
	Breast milk of an infected person	18.1	16.1–20.1
	Shaking hands with an infected person	91.9	90.5–93.3
	Kissing and hugging	90.1	88.6–91.6
	Others	27.2	24.9–29.4