Abstract
Hamed Alzoubi1*, Nedal Alnawaiseh2, Asma’a Al-Mnayyis3, Mohammad Abu- Lubad1, Amin Aqel1 and Hani Al-Shagahin4Article: 6200 | Pages 17-24: Abstract|Full Text| PDF| XMLhttps://doi.org/10.22207/JPAM.14.1.04
Highlights
In late December 2019, a novel coronavirus disease was identified and responsible for the new cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, China
In response to the attitude and practice, a good number of students nearly 99.7% agreed that hand washing is necessary for prevention of infection whereas 68.4% believed that mask wearing would prevent the infection
Inclusion criteria University students Any gender Any nationality Living in Jordan Able to read and write Had a Facebook account Member of Facebook groups that were selected for the study
Summary
In late December 2019, a novel coronavirus disease was identified and responsible for the new cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, China. The virus was initially named as 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCOV) by the WHO, was later on updated as SARS-CoV-2 and the name of the disease as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)[1,2]. Around six coronaviruses have been identified to infect humans namely the α-CoVs HCoV-229E, HCoV-NL63, β-CoVs HCoV-HKU1 and HCoV-OC43 responsible to cause mild respiratory symptoms similar to that associated with the common cold, while SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV are implicated to cause lethal respiratory infections[4]. The origin of COVID-19 stick to a food market in Wuhan, China[5,6] where bats were proposed to be implicated to be the source of SARS-CoV-2 based on its 96.2% genomic similarity with the bat coronavirus COV RaTG137. SARS-CoV-2 invades lower respiratory tract cells using the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor[8]
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