Abstract

Background: The world has been dramatically changed due to the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of socio-economic, cultural, professional and communicative context. Bangladesh as a developing country also experiencing such effects on its citizen.

Methodology: An online survey questionnaire is prepared using google form and circulated over the country using different social media and personal contacts. The questionnaire contains mainly three types of information- demographic, concept about Covid-19 and changes in lifestyle of the participants.

Data Collection and Analysis: The online form was kept available from July 14, 2020 to July 21, 2020 to get responses from people. A total of 1088 people responded and their responses are analyzed by different statistical tools. The results are shown in different graphs and tables.

Results and Discussion: Among the participants, 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female which were from village, city and semi-urban area of the country. In context of educational qualification, 46.6% were of undergraduate level, 26.8% were graduated, 6.5% were post graduated and 20.1% were below undergraduate level. Maximum participants reported that they used ‘social media’ as a source of information for Covid-19 pandemic and they also claimed ‘fever’ as a symptom of the disease. The number of meetings with friends and relatives have not been decreased significantly (p = 1) but working condition and employment status have been changed in great extent. Among the participants, 53.5% said that, they have no worries regarding this pandemic, 25% have mild stress and 21.5% have severe worries and stress.

Conclusion: The people of Bangladesh from different areas are largely dependent on social media for updated information about Covid-19. The awareness about Covid-19 is also not sufficient for preventing transmission from community to community. The working schedule of the employees have also been changed in a great extent. All of us in the society should work together to prevent the transmission.

Keywords: Covid-19; Pandemic; Perception; Social Media; Stress; Transmission

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