Awareness regarding covid-19 among health workers at kastamonu education and research hospital

Aim: The knowledge of health care professionals about COVID-19 disease increases day by day No definitive medical treatment or vaccine is available to date Health professionals all over the world now show a great example of virtue The purpose of our questionnaire is to evaluate the awareness of the doctor, nurse and technical team working at the Kastamonu Education and Research Hospital about Covid-19 disease Material and Method: An online questionnaire was applied to 182 people working in Kastamonu Education and Research Hospital Our survey was divided into two sections: one-part consisted of 4 questions examining the participant characteristics, and the second part consisted of 11 questions examining COVID-19 disease awareness While examining awareness of COVID-19 disease, the participants’ information sources, ways of transmission of the disease, symptoms, diagnostic methods, isolation time, risks, vaccines, drugs and prevention pathways were used in responses to general information questions Results: Doctors, nurses and technical staff responded in a similar way to the awareness survey questions regarding general information about COVID-19 disease We conclude that the most effective sources of learning about COVID-19 disease for the participants are social media and government guides Discussion: COVID-19 is a disease that is still unknown in the world, but health workers are learning about this disease from their own experience and reviews As a result of our survey, we can say that healthcare professionals are wondering and learning about this disease