covid-19_pandemic-a_study_on_the_perception_and_guidelines_compliance_amongts_maastricht_university_students.pdf
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… quickly spread from China to other countries. As the Netherlands adopted guidelines and went into quarantine, all educational institutions closed their doors to students. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the everyday life of many students; therefore, in this study the students’ perceptions, use of information sources and compliance to governmental guidelines were investigated. Materials and Methods: Data about students’ perception, risk estimates, source of information and compliance to guidelines … quite late that COVID-19 was a serious threat. Finally, the majority of FHML students have been in contact with more than three people at the same time, while FASOS students searched less for reliable sources of information. Conclusion: Significant differences between faculties were observed, which could arise as a consequence of a different background knowledge and of a different social environment that is often dependent on the faculty they study at. 1. Introduction In December 2019, a … was responsible for the disease that was subsequently named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). On January 30th, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the COVID-19 outbreak was a public health emergency of international concern and, as this fatal infectious respiratory disease reached global proportions, it was officially declared to be a pandemic on the 11th of March 2020 [1]. SARS-CoV-2 shocked the world with its swift spread from continent to continent, resulting in >13,103,290 …