Abstract
Background: Coronavirus is a disease that affects the respiratory system and is becoming global health problem that is originally detected in KSA with a progressive increase in cases and deaths.
Objective: to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) amongst male primary school students in Almajmaah City, Saudi Arabia, 2017.
Methods: It is an observational cross-sectional study, in which 384 participants representing students from different schools were included in the study. The data was collected using interview questionnaires drawn by the researchers. The data then were analyzed by the use of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS).
Results: The average of the knowledge of the students is 37.5% and this result indicates a poor knowledge. Concerning attitude, the sum percentage of the correct answers was 52.04%, which indicates that the attitude of the male primary students in Almajmaah city is almost in the minimum acceptable range.
Conclusion: The study showed that there were a knowledge gap, a negative attitude and a poor practice amongst primary school students in Almajmaah towards MERS-CoV infection.