Table 2.

Responses to the coronavirus disease 2019 knowledge items

Item	Response-true/yes, n (%)
K1. COVID-19 is an infectious disease which can be transmitted by contact with an infected person	1001 (98.5)
K2. The main clinical symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, tiredness, dry cough, and body aches	979 (96.4)
K3. There is currently no effective cure for COVID-19, but symptomatic and supportive treatment can help most patients recover from the infection	947 (93.2)
K4. All persons with COVID-19 will develop severe disease and are likely to die	100 (9.8)
K5. Those who are> 65 years of age, have chronic illnesses, and are obese are more likely to develop severe infection with the virus than a young healthy adult	908 (89.4)
K6. The COVID-19 virus spreads via respiratory droplets of infected individuals	915 (90.1)
K7. To prevent the infection by COVID-19, individuals should avoid going to crowded places and avoid taking public transportations	1012 (99.6)
K8. Isolation of people who are infected with the COVID-19 virus is an effective way to control the spread of the virus	979 (96.4)
K9. People who have contact with someone infected with the COVID-19 virus should be immediately isolated in a proper place	1001 (98.5)
K10. It is not important to clean clothes or surfaces of objects brought from outside as the virus cannot survive outside of the human body at all	138 (13.6)
K11. Do you know about “cough etiquette?”	704 (69.3)

COVID-19 - Coronavirus disease 2019