survey on prophylactic measures taken by the hyderabadi’s during the 2nd wave of COVID-19

Abstract

The study's goal is to conducta survey on prophylactic measures taken by the hyderabadi’s during the 2nd wave of covid-19.The current online survey has been conducted by posing 18 questions regarding the extent of prophylactic measures taken by the Hyderabadis during the second wave of the SARS COVID-19 by distributing online Google forms randomly to a large group of the Hyderabadi population which includes 3000 individuals. The Google form contained 18 prominent questions regarding the preventive measures of Covid-19.The results obtained from the survey indicated that 46.3% of individuals were interested to wear an ordinary mask without compulsion, 35.3% of individuals used a surgical mask, 51.5% of individuals followed double masking during the second wave of the COVID-19 and 78.7% majority of individuals had not been tested positive for COVID-19. Few individuals of the population were found to be more prone to consume antibiotics (28.7%), especially Azithromycin and corticosteroids (8.1%) such as betamethasone and dexamethasone as a prophylactic measure for the corona infection.