Table 2.

Perceptions of Medical students towards the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in Education, cessation of education, and restart of the educational process

	Strongly agree	Agree	Disagree	Strongly disagree	Mean Likert’s score
The closure of university is useful to prevent COVID-19	184 (51.4 %)	130 (36.3 %)	29 (8.1 %)	15 (4.2 %)	3.3
The worldwide closure is useful to prevent COVID-19	155 (43.3 %)	171 (47.8 %)	24 (6.7 %)	8 (2.2 %)	3.3
If the distant/online education is started soon, you will agree and attend the session and exam	117 (32.7 %)	124 (34.6 %)	64 (17.9 %)	53 (14.8 %)	2.9
This is high time Regarding the continuing education through distant / online education	74 (20.7 %)	167 (49.2 %)	74 (20.7 %)	34 (9.5 %)	2.7