Abstract
The origin of COVID-19 was found in December 2019 from Wuhan, Hubei Province, China; and it has spread very fast all around the world. It is a worrying disease as many positive cases are reported increasing day by day. The emerging of COVID-19 outbreak requires social distance and other interventions to protect human and environmental health. The objective of this study is to promote awareness among public university students on the importance of hygiene during the pandemic of COVID-19. Therefore, a study was carried out to assess the hygiene awareness among public university students during this outbreak. A cross-sectional study was conducted using an online survey method among public university students. The study generally is aimed to determine COVID-19 awareness, attitudes, knowledge, and related behaviours among the students. The results show that most of the students are aware of the current issues of COVID-19, and at the same time they practice good self-hygiene to prevent themselves from getting infected. However, there is still room for the university students to improve their hygiene awareness, and exercising more complete precautionary matters to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Highlights
Coronavirus is a virus that can cause several symptoms like coughing, sneezing, fever, breathing trouble, and lung infection
The results show that most of the students are aware of the current issues of COVID-19, and at the same time they practice good self-hygiene to prevent themselves from getting infected
In Malaysia, there was a case of COVID-19 detected on 24 January 2020 which later becomes the start of the pandemic (World Health Organization, 2020)
Summary
Coronavirus is a virus that can cause several symptoms like coughing, sneezing, fever, breathing trouble, and lung infection. The COVID-19 virus mainly spreads by saliva droplets or nose discharge whenever an infected person coughs or sometimes sneezes (World Health Organization, 2020). Some symptoms of a person infected with COVID-19 disease include coughing, aches, fever, runny nose, and pains. For those with a weak immune system, the elderly and the very young, there is a risk that the virus might cause a lower respiratory tract illness, like pneumonia or bronchitis, and much more severe. While the immediate risk of this new virus to the Malaysian public is believed to be moderate at this time, this study main objective is to promote awareness among public university students on the importance of hygiene during the pandemic of COVID-19. Nor Hazlyna, H, Rafidah Abd Razak, M.G.Hassan, Amiera Syazlin Md Azhar, Maizatul Fatihah Mohd Salleh, Jegatheeswaran Kesavan, Muhammad Ihsan Akif Anuar, Ooi Gi Yuen to encourage them to practice good self-hygiene during COVID-19 pandemic as their part of taking everyday preventive actions as a basic step to respond to this emerging public health threat
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