| Summary: | COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered
coronavirus and causes many effects such as increased risk of mortality especially for
elderly and financial constraint for health care system. A cross-sectional study has been
conducted to determine students’ knowledge on COVID-19 and practice towards
prevention of COVID-19 in Health Campus USM. This study also examined the
relationship between knowledge on COVID-19 and practice towards prevention of
COVID-19 among undergraduate students in Health Campus USM. Fisher Exact Test
was used to determine the relationship between knowledge on COVID-19 and practice
towards prevention of COVID-19. A total of 273 undergraduate students, 128 students
were from the School of Medical Science, 56 students from the School of Dental Science
and, 97 students from the School of Health Science were recruited through stratified
sampling. Data were collected from November 2020 until June 2021 using google form
and analyzed using SPSS version 26.0 for a window. Most of the respondents are female
students (78.4%). The results revealed undergraduate students in Health Campus USM
were having a high knowledge level (
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