<![CDATA[Introduction: Coronavirus 2019 (COVID -19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered novelcoronavirus caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) [1]. The new virus wasfirst discovered in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei province of China. Background and Objectives: TheCovid-19 pandemic has rapidly affected the world around us and the society which we belong to. The Aim ofthis study is to assess the awareness of COVID-19 disease among adolescents and to find out the associationbetween the awareness and selected demographic variables. Materials and Methods: Quantitative nonexperimental descriptive survey research design was used with sample size of 108 adolescents of Punecity. Non probability convenience sampling technique was used for the study. Reliability of the tool andwas 0.81. The tool was divided in two sections. Section I included demographic proforma of the sample.Section II was about self-administered structured knowledge questionnaire comprised of twenty questions(Multiple choice questions). Each correct item was given 01 mark and wrong response received 0 marks.After taking the consent from each samples tool was administered to participants. Results: the awarenesson the basis of frequency and percentage among adolescents of Pune city that majority of respondentshave good knowledge (52.8%), average knowledge (43.50%) and 3.7% respondents had poor knowledge.Conclusion: Awareness in terms of knowledge among adolescents are good followed by average score. It isvery crucial and essential to maintain and update self with the current scenario related to COVD 19 disease]]>
