Background: The Novel Corona Virus (SARS-CoV-2) had emerged to affect the human population in 2019 causing COVID-19 pandemic. The disease has no vaccine and no definitive treatment; the only preventive measures available are social distancing, hand washing and masks. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of the Sudanese people towards COVID-19.Methods: A cross-sectional study targeting adult Sudanese people was conducted out in Sudan in April 2020. The study used an online self-administered questionnaire and utilized social media such as Facebook and WhatsApp. The total number of eligible questionnaires was 987.Results: The mean (SD) age of respondents was 30.13 (9.84) years with males representing 55.4%. The majority were university and higher educated (95.2%) and residing in Khartoum (71.7%). The knowledge of the participants was rated as good in 90.6% and was found to be associated with education level (p-value = 0.001). The attitude was found good in 81.8% and was associated with females gender (p=0.02). The practice related to COVID-19 preventive measures was found good in 89.8% of the participants and was associated with sex and area of residence (p= 0.003, and p = 0.001 respectively).Conclusions: This study showed that there was good knowledge, attitude and practices among the participants who are mostly young and educated. Females tend to be superior in their attitudes and practices.

Background: The Novel Corona Virus (SARS-CoV-2) had emerged to affect the human population in 2019 causing COVID-19 pandemic. The only preventive measures available are social distancing, hand washing and face masks. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of the Sudanese people towards COVID-19.Methods: An online cross-sectional study targeting adult Sudanese people was conducted in April 2020. The study used a self-administered questionnaire containing 18 knowledge questions, 5 questions for attitude and six questions for practices. Social media such as Facebook and WhatsApp were utilized to disseminate the questionnaire. The total number of eligible questionnaires available for analysis by the end of the period was 987.Results: The mean (±SD) age of respondents was 30.13 (±9.84) years with males representing 55.4%. The majority were university and higher education levels (95.2%), residing in Khartoum (71.7%). The mean (±SD) knowledge score of the participants was 15.33 (± 2.24) and was found to be associated with education level and age groups (p-value = 0.022, P value =0.010) respectively. The mean (±SD) attitude score was 04.15 (± 0.97) and was significantly associated with older groups and better-educated participants (p-value =0.001, p-value= 0.048) respectively. The practices related to COVID-19 preventive measures mean (±SD) was 02.58 (± 1.73) with a significant difference between age groups and area of residence. Conclusions: This study showed that the participants had good knowledge and satisfactory attitude that was not similarly expressed into practice. Efforts are needed in health education and law enforcement to improve the practices among all groups with special emphasis on younger and less educated males.