Sosialisasi dan Edukasi Pencegahan dan Penanganan Covid-19 pada Masyarakat di Dusun Mbomba I Desa Gheo Ghoma Kabupaten Ende

Abstract

Covid-19 has become an endemic outbreak that has hit all regions of the world that began at the end of 2019 in Wuhan City, China. The increase in the number of cases of the disease is very fast, so that its spread affects to various ages from children to the elderly. For this reason, there is a need to strengthen education and socialization for the community on how to prevent and handle Covid-19. The goal is for the public to understand and implement Covid-19 prevention behavior. This strengthening is also a preventive effort in suppressing the spread of Covid-19 transmission. As for the form of activity programs carried out by direct methods of socialization, education to the community, making hand washing pilots for community residents and installing sticker posters that are informative and easily understood by the community in Mbomba I Village Gheo Ghoma Ende Regency. The results of this activity can be seen from the increasing public knowledge about the prevention of Covid-19 and being able to implement Covid-19 prevention behavior quite well. Educational activities and socialization to prevent the transmission of the Covid-19 virus become simple things that need to be done consistently, in order to build community concern in maintaining health, doing a clean and healthy lifestyle, especially in the current pandemic period.