Objective@#To understand the
knowledge and
behavior towards COVID-19 among primary and middle
school students in Guangdong province, so as to provide basis for
health education on
epidemic prevention and control.@*
Methods@#An online
questionnaire survey was conducted among 1 222 403 primary and middle
school students in Guangdong Province from March 8 to 31, 2020.@*Results@#In Guangdong Province, 96.28%, 80.01% and 38.58% of primary and middle
school students knew the
transmission route of the novel
coronavirus was droplet
transmission, contact
transmission and
aerosol transmission respectively, and 78.22% of the
students knew the two main
transmission routes. Among COVID-19 prevention and control
measures, the top three well-known
measures were
mask wearing(99.69%), frequent
hand washing(99.06%) and
social distancing(96.21%). During the
pandemic, 88.48% of
students wore
masks every
time they went out, 32.15% reported that they needed parental
supervision, and 53.97% reported they would continue wearing
masks after the
pandemic. 87.21% of
students washed their
hands every
time after going out, 18.78% reported that they needed parental
supervision, and 94.92% reported that they would continue washing their
hands frequently after the
pandemic.@*Conclusion@#Primary and middle
school students in Guangdong Province had high rates of
awareness on
transmission route and prevention and control
measures of COVID-19. During the
pandemic, the rates of wearing
masks or washing
hands every
time after going out was high, and the rates of
behavior intention of washing
hands after the
pandemic was high.