Background: The COVID-19 first appeared in Wuhan city of China It was treated as a case of pneumonia having no etiology, first appeared in December 2019 Its spread was at a rapid pace worldwide It was named as COVID-19 by the World Health Organization on 11th February 2020, as of 5th June 2020, there are 87,113 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Pakistan Method: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 196 students of SMBBMU through an online questionnaire It was self-generated and evaluated by epidemiologists The questionnaire was developed through the WHO advisory from the Coronavirus disease advice for public: Myth busters It contains socio-demographic information and Twenty-four (24) questions related to myths and knowledge for COVID-19 and the response of questions was taken on true/false basis Results: A total of 196 students participated out of which 100 were females and 96 were males, the mean age of the participants was 22 4005 ± 4 97, and 168(85 7%)participants were unmarried The highest ratio involved in this study was of the first year, which was about 82 (41 8%) The most common source of information was social media (n=118;60 2%) Overall, 77 21% of the students were aware of the myths and realities regarding COVID-19 Data were analyzed through SPSS 24 Conclusion:The students had sound knowledge regarding the myths and realities of COVID-19 It is the responsibility of public health care providers to spread this knowledge into every part of the country through social media and other sources at their disposal [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Archives of Pharmacy Practice is the property of Archives of Pharmacy Practice and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use This abstract may be abridged No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract (Copyright applies to all Abstracts )
Myths and realities: A novel study on COVID-19 among the medical students of Rural university of Sindh, Pakistan