Open Access<p>Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Towards COVID-19 Pandemic Among Quarantined Adults in Tigrai Region, Ethiopia</p>
Author(s) -
Mekonnen Haftom,
Pammla Petrucka,
Kbrom Gemechu,
Haftamu Mamo,
Tesfay Tsegay Gebru,
Embay Amare,
Hayelom Kahsay,
Abebe Gebremariam
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s275744
Subject(s) - pandemic , government (linguistics) , social distance , covid-19 , logistic regression , public health , interview , medicine , demography , economic growth , geography , environmental health , political science , sociology , economics , nursing , disease , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
With the onset of any novel condition, it is the "first" case identified that brings attention and sets into motion the machinery to respond - so it began with a first novel pneumonia case of unknown origin in Wuhan, China. Currently, the World Health Organization has declared SARS-CoV-2 (more commonly known as COVID-19) a public health emergency of international concern. It is projected that the path of COVID-19 could kill 50-80 million people and impacts the world's economy in its devastating global sweep. The surge is increasing on global and national levels, causing rapid loss of life, joblessness, deterioration of the healthcare systems, and both national and global economies. In Ethiopia, the first COVID-19 case was reported in March. Since then, the government has been taking different measures to prevent its spread. Locking down all schools, declared social distancing and hand hygiene, and restricting large gatherings were some of the Ethiopian government's actions.