Abdul Rafey Popalzai*, Hasamuddin Sayedi, Zar Shinwari, Rasool Khan and Ubaidullah Niazi
On 31 December 2019, a new coronavirus was discovered in China, which is a respiratory disease that has spread to almost all the world including Afghanistan. This study aimed to describe the mentality/awareness of people, the signs and symptoms they have experienced, and how they followed medical protocols to protect themselves and others against Covid-19. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 307 respondents. Data were collected by a valid and reliable questionnaire including ten questions from different types of people in different places in Kabul from (2021-08-12 To 2021-10-25), after collecting the data IBM SPSS Statistics 20 was used for the analysis of the data.
We found that (13.3%) of the respondents are still not aware of Covid-19, and most of the respondents have experienced cough (67.4%), fever (79.8%), body pain (68.1%), loss of taste or smell (49.2%), and headache (59.3%). The study found that (39.7%) of participants were not wearing masks, (76.5%) didn’t keep a social distance and (25.4%) of them were not washing their hands. It also found that (40.2%) of the respondents were vaccinated, and that (57.6%) of them were between 21-35 years of age.
Covid-19 is a highly infectious disease that is spreading rapidly around the world affecting more than 200 million people and more than 4 million people died due to Covid-19. Most people still do not know about Covid-19, do not follow medical protocols, and most of them have not been vaccinated. There is no specific treatment for Covid-19, it is very important to protect yourself and others against this infectious disease.
Published Date: 2022-09-26; Received Date: 2022-08-29
