The Awareness of Covid-19 and the Compliance of Social Distancing Among Medical Students of University of Cyberjaya

ABSTRACT

Introduction: COVID-19, a deadly infectious disease, had caused the implementation of the Movement Control Order (MCO) in Malaysia. After the end of the first MCO, there was a decrease in the number of infections. However, the resurgence of cases prompted the government to reimplement the MCO. This was thought to be caused by people flaunting the SOPs due to lack of awareness of this disease. Therefore, this cross sectional study aims to evaluate the awareness of COVID-19 and the compliance of social distancing among medical students of UOC. Material(s) and Method(s) The data was collected through an online google form questionnaire. that was distributed to the medical students with a sample size of 248 through the students' email and through the Whatsapp messaging application. Result(s) Analysis of the data showed that almost all medical students of University of Cyberjaya have a good awareness status of COVID-19 at 100.0% and good social distancing compliance status at 99.5%. The data also showed that the majority obtained their information about COVID-19 from the Ministry of Health website Conclusion(s) The study shows that there is a good awareness status of COVID-19 and a good compliance of social distancing status among medical students. Copyright © 2022, Anka Publishers. All rights reserved.