Table 2.

Frequency of respondent's knowledge on coronavirus, Dire Dawa administration, Eastern Ethiopia, May 2020 (N = 415).

Questions to assess the knowledge of study participants	Yes		No
	n	%	n	%
Symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, fatigue, dry cough, headache	372	90.1	43	9.9
Knowledge on availability of cure for COVID-19	294	70.8	121	29.2
Blood transmission will result in infection of COVID-19	14	3.4	401	96.6
Droplet from infected person may result in infection of COVID-19	197	47.5	218	52.5
COVID-19 is transmitted from one person to other through airborne	261	62.9	154	37.1
COVID-19 is transmitted through sexual intercourse	219	52.8	196	47.2
COVID-19 is transmitted touching contaminated object	310	74.7	105	25.3
Eating or touching infected wild animals will result in infection of COVID-19	22	3.3	393	94.7
Handshaking and hugging will transmit COVID-19	395	95.2	20	4.8
Do you think children under five are the riskiest group?	202	48.7	213	51.3
Do you think adolescents and adults are the riskiest groups?	175	42.2	240	57.8
Do you know individuals exposed to or travel history should be isolated for 14 days?	246	59.3	169	40.7
Do you think older people are the riskiest group?	353	85.1	62	14.9
Do you think pregnant women are the riskiest group?	212	51.1	203	48.9
Do you think health professionals are the riskiest group?	193	46.5	222	53.5
Do you think COVID-19 could be prevented by keeping social distance?	383	92.3	32	7.7
Do you think washing hands regularly can prevent COVID-19?	360	86.7	55	13.3
Do you think covering mouse and nose while sneezing and going out to crowded place will	306	73.7	109	26.3
Avoiding close contact with an individual who has a fever?	278	67.0	137	33.0
Wearing mask will prevent infection of COVID-19	267	64.3	148	35.7
Cooking raw food and avoiding contact with an animal will prevent infection of COVID-19	135	62.5	280	67.5