Knowledge, attitude, and practice of first year medical students toward Novel Coronavirus disease

Abstract

The WHO has declared as public health emergency of international concern and has put forth certain norms and rules to prevent the spread of the disease such as hand washing, social distancing, and wearing masks to control the outbreak along with lockdowns at periodic intervals. [1-4] Standard recommendations to prevent infection spread includes, maintaining hand hygiene, covering mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing, avoiding close contact with anyone showing symptoms of respiratory illness as well as to prevent unprotected contact with people outside during daily routine. Since Coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 is wide spreading, people should take steps to safeguard themselves from infection and limit its spread to others by avoiding contact and close gatherings. [6,7] The WHO has put forth certain norms and rules to prevent the spread of the disease such as hand washing, social distancing, and wearing masks to control the outbreak along with lockdowns at periodic intervals. [...]the main objective of our study is to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) toward coronavirus disease 2019 among 1st year medical students of Sri Siddhartha Medical College 19-20 batch aged 19-20 years old to serve as information providers to the family members and to society even though they are just fresher s and also to practice the WHO guidelines to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus disease.