• Sathyamurthi K
• Dr. Lakshmi Devi R
• Anjali.U.S
• Dr. Saraswathi Nandhini.R
• Aarathi U C and Govarthini.R

Globally India holds second position after china in its population and in Corona outbreak India is fourth as on 15th June 2020 in the world. Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared pandemic by the World Health Organization on the 11th of March 2020. In 2019, a novel virus called corona virus has been out broken from china and it spreads all over the world. The whole world’s economy, health, and all other sectors stagnated due to this novel virus. Since no drug or vaccine has been discovered to combat this disease, the only way out is social distancing and to come out of this is the implementation of proper prevention strategies. So the present study focuses on attitude and practice during COVID 19 among the general Public in India. The study was conducted with 9121 samples and the results showed that about three fourth of the respondents are having good practice and attitude during the COVID 19 pandemic situation. The study also explored the relationship between demographic variables and attitude and practice of general public in India during COVID 19 outbreak.

Corona virus, COVID 19, Attitude, Practice and General Public

"ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE ON SARS-COV-2 AMONG INDIAN RESIDENTS DURING COVID19 LOCKDOWN IN INDIA – A TRANSVERSE STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 7, page no.108-117, July-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2007013.pdf

"ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE ON SARS-COV-2 AMONG INDIAN RESIDENTS DURING COVID19 LOCKDOWN IN INDIA – A TRANSVERSE STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 7, page no. pp108-117, July-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2007013.pdf