Table 3.

Participants’ risk and disease severity perception about COVID-19 and its preventive measures

Attributes	Strongly agree/agree	Strongly disagree/disagree/not sure
Risk and disease severity perception
Worry about the likelihood of getting COVID-19	846 (80.3)	207 (19.7)
Chance of being infected with COVID-19 is high before access to vaccination	785 (74.5)	268 (25.5)
Will be very sick if I get COVID-19	800 (76.0)	253 (24.0)
If I suffer from COVID-19, I cannot be infected again and will not need to take preventive precautions	270 (25.6)	783 (74.4)
Perception of preventive measures
Wearing a mask in public is a good protective measure against COVID-19	1024 (97.2)	29 (2.8)
Keeping a physical distance of at least 2 m is a good protective measure against COVID-19	999 (94.9)	54 (5.1)
Frequent hand washing or using Alcohol based hand (ABH) sanitiser is a good protective measure against COVID-19	1034 (98.2)	19 (1.8)
Covering mouth and nose with a hand elbow when sneezing or coughing can protect the community from COVID-19	996 (94.6)	57 (5.4)