Public awareness and prevention of COVID 19 infection play important roles in disease control; a lack of
reasolllnable knowledge of infectious disease leads to low detection rates. The objective of the study was to assess
knowledge regarding prevention of COVID 19 virus infection and to find out the association between use of social
media and knowledge of public regarding prevention of novel corona virus. The research approach adopted for
the study was quantitative approach and design was cross sectional design. The study setting was outpatient block
of Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram. Sample size was 110. Tool used was structured questionnaire.
58.2% had good knowledge and 46 participants 41.8% had poor knowledge. The study showed no association
between use of social media and knowledge of public regarding prevention of novel corona virus.