Table 2 COVID-19 related knowledge responses

The virus survives for days outside the body in open air. (Knowledge question A)

19,600(20.1)

57,195(58.6)^a

18,338(18.8)

58.6

The virus survives for a week outside the body on a plastic surface. (Knowledge question B)

26,695(27.3)^a

44,329(45.4)

23,859(24.4)

27.3

Most people who get COVID-19 get very ill. (Knowledge question C)

7003(7.1)

83,507(85.6)^a

4743(4.8)

85.6

A possible vaccine will take around 12 to 18 months to produce(from the time of data collection)(Knowledge question D)

65,928(67.6)^a

6099(6.2)

23,008(23.5)

67.6

Smokers who get COVID-19 are more likely to get severely ill than non-smokers.(Knowledge question E)

59,301(60.8)^a

11,855(12.1)

23,913(24.5)

60.8

You can have the virus without any symptoms. (Knowledge question F)

91,966(94.3)^a

1214(1.2)

2113(2.1)

94.3

On average, children get less ill from the virus than adults. (Knowledge question G)

78,052(80)^a

7281(7.4)

9748(9.9)

80

Only elderly people die from COVID-19.(Knowledge question H)

1702(1.7)

91,783(94.1)^a

1803(1.8)

94.1