Knowledge and Perception of the Medical and Health Science Students Regarding COVID-19 in Tobruk University, Libya.

Background: A coronavirus is a highly contagious virus causing severe acute respiratory diseases in human beings. It is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is a highly pathogenic virus. The virus emerged in China's Wuhan state in December 2019., The aim of our study to assessing the knowledge and perceptions about COVID-19 among medical and allied health science students. Methods: A web-based observational cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted using a “Google Form” to obtain responses from medical and allied health science students during Aguste and September 2021. Results: Out of 221 participants that filled out the web-based survey, 221 participants gave their consent for voluntary participation and completed the questionnaire. The mean age of the study participants was 22 years. The majority of students were from pharmacy (40.7%), medical technology (30.8%), medicine (24.9%) and dentistry (3.6%). Conclusion: The current Study Showed that the students from different institutions have adequate awareness of COVID-19. Also, it has been observed that the majority of participants acquired the information from social media, which is an unauthenticated resource for obtaining evidence about diseases.