Table 2.

Knowledge Items Mentioned by Participants About COVID-19 in Dessie City, Northeast Ethiopia (N=424)

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent	Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent
Heard of COVID-19	Yes	424	100.0	Activities following single case detection
Name of pandemic	Coronavirus	407	96	Isolation and treatment	Yes	414	97.6
	Others	17	4	Contacts tracing and quarantining	Yes	155	36.6
Duration of quarantine	14 days	347	81.8	Performing lab tests	Yes	92	21.7
	Other	77	18.2	Disinfection of houses/utensils	Yes	10	2.4
Death	Yes	366	86.3	Prevention methods
	No	30	7.1	Frequent hand washing	Yes	380	89.6
	Do not know	28	6.6	Avoid hand shaking	Yes	232	54.7
Drug	No	341	80.4	Physical distance	Yes	351	82.8
	Yes	28	6.6	Staying at home	Yes	189	44.6
	Do not know	55	13.0	Alcohol/Sanitizers	Yes	131	30.9
Vaccine	No	272	64.2	Avoid visiting crowded places	Yes	103	24.3
	Yes	39	9.2	Good respiratory hygiene	Yes	21	5.0
	Do not know	113	26.7	Isolation & treatment	Yes	23	5.4
Case fatality rate is 100%	No	366	86.3	Avoid touching openings	Yes	74	17.5
	Yes	10	2.4	PPE/facemask	Yes	181	42.7
	Do not know	48	11.3	Follow HCW advice	Yes	24	5.7
Children/young adults did not need care	No	383	90.3	Who is at risk of getting corona virus infection?
	Yes	20	4.7	All age group and both sex	Yes	369	87.0
	Do not know	21	5.0	Old peoples	Yes	45	10.6
Asymptomatic case cannot transmit	No	288	67.9	Children’s/Young adults	Yes	11	2.6
	Yes	82	19.3	Chronic diseases	Yes	17	4.0
	Do not know	54	12.7	Get severely ill or die with the virus?
Only one method is adequate	No	370	87.3	Old peoples	Yes	307	72.4
	Yes	45	10.6	Chronic diseases	Yes	257	60.6
	Do not know	9	2.1	All age group and both sex	Yes	38	9.0
Source of information				Children’s/Young adults	Yes	32	7.5
Television	Yes	335	79.0	Suspected case definition
Radio	Yes	157	37.0	Symptoms plus Travel history	Yes	76	17.9
Social media/face book	Yes	134	31.6	Symptoms Plus Contact History	Yes	73	17.2
Health worker	Yes	60	14.2	Symptoms Plus Occupational risk	Yes	36	8.5
COVID-19 symptoms				Symptoms only	Yes	305	71.9
Fever	Yes	334	78.8	No criteria mentioned		11	2.6
Loss of appetite	Yes	130	30.7	How do we confirm ?
Dry cough	Yes	292	68.9	Lab test	Yes	372	87.7
Shortness of breathing	Yes	100	23.6	Travel history to abroad	Yes	23	5.4
Common cold symptoms	Yes	159	37.5	Using signs and symptoms	Yes	24	5.7
Mode of transmission				Contact history	Yes	10	2.4
Respiratory droplets	Yes	221	52.1	Knowledge score	1st quartile	2	0.5
Direct contact	Yes	400	94.3		2nd quartile	29	6.8
Indirect contact	Yes	141	33.3		3rd quartile	174	41
Vegetables and uncooked meats	Yes	18	4.2		4th quartile	219	51.7
Airborne	Yes	160	37.7	Knowledge category	Sufficient	393	92.7
					Insufficient	31	7.3