GAMBARAN EPIDEMIOLOGI DAN STIGMA SOSIAL TERKAIT PANDEMI COVID-19 DI KOTA TANGERANG SELATAN TAHUN 2020

In December 2019, a case of peneumonia of unknown etiology was found in Wuhan, Hubei, China with clinical symptoms that closely resemble pneumonia, which is named COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic can cause feelings of fear of infection, anxiety, stigma, prejudice and marginalization of disease in patients, people at risk and healthy people to health workers. This study aims to describe the epidemiology  and social stigma associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in South Tangerang City in 2020. This research is a type of quantitative research with a descriptive method with a cross sectional approach. The study was conducted in July 2020. The population in this study were the people of South Tangerang City. The sample used was 107 respondents with purposive sampling technique. Retrieval of data using a questionnaire via google form. Based on the results of the study, 73.8% of the respondents were 17-25 years old, 70.1% of the respondents were female. , the occupational status of the respondents is mostly students as much as 60.7% and the sub-districts where the respondents are mostly residing in Pamulang is 29.0%. People who do not have a stigma on COVID-19 patients are 56.1%. It is hoped that the public will remain vigilant and carry out health protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic and avoid stigmatizing COVID-19 patients in order to avoid someone hiding their health status.