Abstract

A study to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and self-expressed practice regarding new variant of covid-19 (omicron bf.7) among young adults. Material and methods: online cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted by us using Google Forms. The study included two hundred young individuals who were employed at varying levels of public and commercial sectors. The purpose of the questions was to assess the practises, attitudes, and levels of knowledge about the newly discovered virus OMICRON. Results: Out of a total of 200 participant 67% were female and 33 % were male. Most of the participant were belong to 18-23 years of age 140(70%) followed by 24-30 years 44(22%) and 31-36 years 16(8%). More than half of the respondents 131(65.5%) fulfilled our set criteria of good level of knowledge followed by 68(34%) average and 1(0.5%) had poor knowledge about the omicron. 181(90.5%) participants had positive level of attitude and 19(9.5%)show average level of attitude. 167(83.5%) of participants had good level of practice followed by average level of practice 30(15%) and 3(1.5%) respectively. Conclusion: We are able to draw the conclusion that the young adults suffer from a lack of understanding about the new variety of OMICRON, despite the fact that favourable practises and attitudes were seen. As a result, the authorities need to take the appropriate actions to put the training on the new variants into effect.

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