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The prevalence of depression and anxiety was 3.5% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.95\u20136.05) and 2.5% (95% CI: 0.34\u20134.66), respectively. Of total, 46% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 92) knew that COVID-19 can transmit through droplets and 30.5% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 61) were concerned that they might get infected with disease. 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