Awareness and prevention of covid-19 infection among rural populations

Abstract

COVID infection is the current pandemic outbreak which is a global emergency in more than 150 countries.  This has bought the entire nation to a halt. Health officials and medical professionals are struggling  to prevent the transmission of this highly contagious disease. Awareness  of the current outbreak is essential. Risk of  spreading the virus is heightened in rural areas. Reasons for high chances in such areas are due to a number of factors, limited supply of clean water and limited availability of food. Low level of nutrients, ill-equipped and insufficient public health centres and district hospitals. The survey was distributed online to around 100 participants of various rural areas of Tamil Nadu, and the inclusive criteria were age, sex, presence of Medical conditions and awareness on COVID infections, mode of transmission and if any preventive measures were used by them. The results reveal that around 98% of the study population are aware and have enough knowledge about the virus, and 2% of individuals show a lack of awareness. High preventive measures were adopted by the people, like social distancing, covering faces with masks and not touching their faces often. The study concludes that there is awareness of COVID and it’s prevention among the people of the rural areas. Wide preventive measures are taken to control the spread of the infection. Also, there is a high awareness of the symptoms seen in suffering patients.