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Table 3 Community information gaps about COVID-19

From: An analysis of COVID-19 information sources

Community information gaps on COVID-19 (n = 643)

Frequency (%)

Do you need additional information on COVID-19?

 

 Yes

395 (62.3)

 No

239 (37.7)

On which area you need additional information about COVID-19? (n = 395)b

 

 Cause

230 (58.2)

 Sign and symptoms

186 (47.1)

 Ways of prevention

176 (44.6)

 Medical care and treatment options

150 (38.0)

 Othersa

9 (2.3)

  1. aIs COVID-19 man-made or not? Why the disease is serious in pregnant mothers? After recovery, what was the fate of patients in the future? How to give homecare to COVID-19 patients? How did it come to our country? About the vaccine? About the variant of the virus? Why does it affect patients with co-morbid conditions? Why awareness creation campaign is stopped?
  2. bPercentage addition might be greater than hundred as more than one answer is possible