Introduction:

the World Health Organization declares a pandemic because as a novel disease named COVID-19, knowledge students have concerning this disease is significant to its prevention and control actions.

Objective:

to describe the level of knowledge with respect to the prevention and control actions for COVID-19 in fifth-academic-year medicine students belonging to a health area of ​​Pinar del Río municipality.

Methods:

a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out at Raul Sanchez Rodriguez University Polyclinic between March 27 and April 27, 2020. The target group coincided with the sample, consisting of 94 students assigned to the institution who completed a questionnaire designed for the purposes of the study and evaluated on 100 points, with qualitative variables that were summarized using Descriptive Statistics.

Results:

few deficiencies were identified on the prevention and control actions for COVID-19 in medicine students, the general evaluation from 90 to 100 points prevailed in 93,6 % of the participants, with a predominant evaluation of Very Well level of knowledge in the topics related to this novel disease.

Conclusions:

mastery of knowledge concerning the prevention and control actions for COVID-19 was confirmed.

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