Abstract
Objective: To analyze the level of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Mozambican public employees on the prevention of COVID-19.
 Methodology/Approach: 126 Mozambican public employees (79 men, 43 women and 4 who chose not to disclose their gender) answered a closed questionnaire applied through the Google Form online platform. The questionnaire was open for 5 days (two weekend and three business days).
 Findings: The results suggest that employees are knowledgeable; however, efforts should be made to carry out educational actions to improve attitudes and change practices related to the prevention of COVID-19.
 Research limitation/implications: Existence of some respondents who are not public employees due to online data collection, who were excluded from the study.
 Originality/Value of the article: The conclusions of the study serve as a means of punctual intervention for Mozambican health entities as well as illustrating specific areas of concentration in education for the prevention of COVID-19. On the other hand, they enrich the specific scientific field, which is still empty of knowledge.
Highlights
In the middle of December 2019, COVID-19 appeared in the Chinese City of Wuhan, located in Hubei Province
Methodology/Approach: 126 Mozambican public employees (79 men, 43 women and 4 who chose not to disclose their gender) answered a closed questionnaire applied through the Google Form online platform
The results suggest that employees are knowledgeable; efforts should be made to carry out educational actions to improve attitudes and change practices related to the prevention of COVID-19
Summary
In the middle of December 2019, COVID-19 appeared in the Chinese City of Wuhan, located in Hubei Province. According to Rothan (2020), from a chronological point of view, the first cases of COVID-19 infection were reported on December 18, 2019, where 5 patients were admitted with acute respiratory failure, in addition to the distress syndrome. Of these cases, a patient lost his life. Between 11 and 12 January, the World Health Organization received information from the Chinese health authorities that the outbreak was associated with exposure to food from the sea in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Following the preliminary results of the studies that were ongoing with the referred 7 cases, the genetic sequence of the new coronavirus, which would come to be called 2019-nCoV (Sohrabi, 2020), was confirmed
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