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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 4
First page : (355) Last page : (362)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8283

Analyzing the General Trends in Wearing of Face Masks during Covid-19 Pandemic among the People of India: A Survey Report

Satish Kumar^1* , Aditya Kumar², Chhavi Mangla² and Vijayanti Jakhar^3
1Department of Botany, CMG Government College for Women,
Bhodia Khera, Fatehabad, Haryana-125050 India
²Department of Botany, Dayanand College, Hisar, Haryana-125001 India
³Department of Zoology, CMG Government College for Women,
Bhodia Khera, Fatehabad, Haryana-125050 India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: drsatishverma1008@gmail.com
Received: 17.08.2020  |  Revised: 25.08.2020   |  Accepted: 29.08.2020 

 ABSTRACT

The noval coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has emerged as a global pandemic and is affecting all the nations worldwide. Since the outbreak of this disease, the use of face mask has become ubiquitous in India and rest of the world. Masks or cloth face coverings have the potential to help in reducing the spread of COVID-19. The aim of present work was to analyze the use of face masks among the people during current viral pandemic. The survey was conducted in the month of July-August, 2020 by creating questionnaire on Google Forms and the link was posted on various Whatsapp Groups. Ten questions were included in the questionnaire related issues regarding wearing of face mask and 540 responses were received. It was reported that 96.1% of the people wear the face mask when they go outside the home while 0.4% of people refuse to wear face mask and 3.5% observed to wear face mask sometimes. The present study provides survey evidence on recent and prospective behavior of mask wearing by the people of India.

Keywords: COVID-19, Face mask, Pandemic, Questionnaire, Outbreak

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Cite this article: Kumar, S., Kumar, A., Mangla, C., & Jakhar, V. (2020). Analyzing the General Trends in Wearing of Face Masks during Covid-19 Pandemic among the People of India: A Survey Report, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(4), 355-362. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8283