Table 2.
Participants’ knowledge toward COVID-19
| Statement | Yes N (%) |
No N (%) |
I don’t Know |
|---|---|---|---|
| There is an effective drug available to treat COVID-19. | 1211 (20.3%) | 2990 (50%) | 1778 (29.7%) |
| Vaccines are safe. | 2498 (41.8%) | 1211 (20.3%) | 2270 (38%) |
| There are ways to help slow the spread of the Coronavirus. | 5100 (85.3%) | 348 (5.8%) | 531 (8.9%) |
| There is currently a vaccine to protect against Coronavirus infection. | 4034 (67.5%) | 921 (15.4%) | 1024 (17.1%) |
| Regular flu vaccine will protect me from COVID-19. | 284 (4.7%) | 4034 (67.5%) | 1661 (27.8%) |
| Antibiotics are an effective treatment for COVID-19 | 936 (16.7%) | 3296 (55.1%) | 1747 (29.2%) |
| Taking vitamin C or other vitamins will protect you from Coronavirus infection. | 2802 (46.9%) | 1867 (31.2%) | 1310 (21.9%) |
| Wearing a mask helps reduce the spread of the Coronavirus. | 5331 (89.2%) | 411 (6.9%) | 237 (4.0%) |
| Hand washing helps reduce the spread of the Coronavirus. | 5481 (91.7%) | 280 (4.7%) | 218 (3.6%) |
| Cleaning surfaces helps reduce the spread of the Coronavirus. | 5109 (85.4%) | 513 (8.6%) | 357 (6.0%) |
| Vaccines against pneumonia will protect you from the Coronavirus. | 1016 (17%) | 2059 (34.4%) | 2904 (48.6%) |
| Regularly rinsing your nose with a saline solution will protect you from Coronavirus infection. | 2021 (33.8%) | 1602 (26.8%) | 2357 (39.4%) |
| So far, no one in your country has died from the Coronavirus infection. | 514 (8.6%) | 5130 (85.8%) | 336 (5.6%) |
| Eating garlic will protect you from the Coronavirus infection | 1173 (19.6%) | 2503 (41.9%) | 2303 (38.5%) |
| COVID-19 health complications are more severe on people who already have a serious medical condition. | 5016 (83.9%) | 309 (5.2%) | 654 (10.9%) |
| Other strains of Coronavirus can infect humans, including those that cause the common cold. | 4230 (70.7%) | 329 (5.5%) | 1420 (23.7%) |
| The virus has been genetically modified as part of a biological weapons program | 1547 (25.9%) | 1037 (17.3%) | 3395 (56.8%) |
| The virus is originally man-made and was spread intentionally | 1665 (27.8%) | 1272 (21.3%) | 3042 (50.9%) |