Table 2.

Knowledge of COVID-19 transmission.

“Are the following transmission routes of COVID-19?”		Respondents answering “yes”
		United Kingdom (n=1768)			Hong Kong (n=1663)
		n	% (unweighted)	% (weighted)	n	% (unweighted)	% (weighted)
Contact
	Face-to-face conversation (no physical contact) with someone who has SARS-CoV-2 but no symptoms	1234	69.8	69.2	1564	94.0	94.0
	Face-to-face conversation (no physical contact) with someone who has SARS-CoV-2 with symptoms	1398	79.1	78.7	1616	97.2	96.8
	Physical contact with someone who has SARS-CoV-2 but no symptoms	1580	89.4	89.0	1635	98.3	98.1
	Physical contact with someone with SARS-CoV-2 who has symptoms	1657	93.7	93.5	1644	98.9	98.5
Transmission mode
	Droplets	N/Aa	N/A	N/A	1649	99.2	99.2
	Aerosol when infected people cough or sneeze	N/A	N/A	N/A	1478	88.9	91.2
	Being in close contact (ie, within 2 meters) with someone who has SARS-CoV-2 when they cough or sneeze	1604	90.7	90.4	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Being further away (ie, further than 2 meters) from someone who has SARS-CoV-2 when they cough or sneeze	615	34.8	34.8	N/A	N/A	N/A
Others
	Contact with virus-contaminated environment	1411	79.8	79.5	1594	95.9	96.3
	Consumption of wild animal meat	199	11.3	11.3	1546	93.0	93.4
	Visiting a wet market	374	21.2	21.5	1342	80.7	81.1
	Consumption of seafood imported from specific regionsb	258	14.6	14.8	1199	72.1	70.9
	Consumption/use of products imported from specific regionsb	209	11.8	12.1	1101	66.2	66.6

^aN/A: not applicable.

^bSpecific regions refer to China (United Kingdom)/Wuhan (Hong Kong).