The Novel Coronavirus disease 2019 (abbreviated “COVID19”) suddenly appeared pandemic, which jeopardized global health worldwide and for which no country was prepared to face leading to a social emergency that requires unprecedented measures to control the rapid spread of the pandemic. Along with the globe, Indian residents' happened to face similar unprecedented situations arise due to the pandemic. Since there is no available vaccine or definite medicine for the pandemic, adherence to control measures is only the present solution to avoid the mass spread.  The adherence to control measures is affected by the residents' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) towards the disease, therefore. This study was conducted to investigate Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices towards COVID-19 among residents of the state of Nagaland and the neighboring states of North-East of India during the pandemic period in the month of May 2020 through an online survey of 1756 respondent.

The aim of this study is to assess the KAP of COVID-19 pandemic among the residents of the state of Nagaland and the neighboring states of North-East of India on demographic variables viz. gender, age, marital status, education, occupation, religion, and place of stay. Methods of the study adopted are cross-sectional online survey on KAP.  The collected simple descriptive description was made of complex multivariate analyzes using SPSS 17.

Findings will help government of Nagaland along with the neighboring states in particular and throughout the affected countries across the world in general to understand human psychology during the pandemic and act, plan safety measures, educate etc. to targeted population accordingly on the pandemic.

Keywords: Knowledge; Attitude; Practice; COVID-19; Nagaland; India.