POPULATION BASED PREVALENCE SURVEYS OF COVID-19 IN DISTRICT DIR LOWER, KP PAKISTAN

Abstract

There have been 62784 fatalities and 1,133,788 confirmed cases of the 2019 coronavirus illness (COVID19), which has spread to 181 nations and territories. COVID19 is a pandemic that began in China in December 2019. World health organization(WHO) Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) has expressed fears that Pakistan might emerge as the next epicenter of this pandemics. The aim of this study finds out the population based prevalence survey among the different age groups and gander of COVID-19 in Dir Lower, KP.The area of our research is KPK Dir Lower. Sample collection and questionnaire-based data then statistically analyzed through python and excel software. Total 988 suspected subjects in which 76% male and 24% are female all from different age. The groups from 18-90 from different areas of Dir Lower. From which 50% are Negative cases and 48% are positive cases. We concluded from current survey that most of suspected cases are negative cases and through questionnaire they used face mask and follow proper precautions. But in positive cases male are more than female. Male are used to travel and going for jobs on daily basis without using precautions.