Hygiene practice changes during coronavirus outbreak in China 2020

Published by
Wenyi Zhang,
Jan 27, 2022
The coronavirus COVID-19 epidemic in China has significantly changed the public hygiene practices. According to a survey released in February 2020, around 63 percent of the respondents started to wash their hands more frequently, compared with less than one-third of the respondents had done the same when the outbreak began.

Change of hygiene behaviors during coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak period in China as of February 2020*

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Release date

February 2020

Region

China

Survey time period

February 11 to 24, 2020

Number of respondents

1,729 respondents

Special properties

28 provinces in the mainland China were covered; among 453 respondents from Hubei province, 47% of them resided in Wuhan

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

*The period was divided according to the four stages during the coronavirus outbreak in China:

December 30 to January 20:
Beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak

January 20 to January 23:
After the warning of disease’s human transmission nature

January 23 to February 3:
After the start of Spring Festival holiday and the lockdown of Wuhan

February 3 to February 24:
After nationwide control of entering and leaving residential communities

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