<![CDATA[There is a public health alert as a huge pandemic situation has emerged in the country and across the globeregarding the novel corona virus outbreak. India is on high alert as total cases crossed one lakh.1Maharashtrais leading the scoreboard with 33000 plus cases and number is increasing day by day. Social Distancingplays important role in combating the situation but depends on the attitude and awareness of the community2Objective: The main aim of the study is to identify the attitude and level of awareness among the communityregarding social distancing in pandemic situationMethods: A cross sectional design was used along with structured questionnaire tool for data collection.A snowball sampling method was adopted where a goggle form was developed which was sent throughvarious online modes. The study mode was purely online. Participants were from the age of 18 and abovewho knows English and were willing to participate in the study.Results: The results showed that People have partial awareness related to the pandemic situation of coronavirus spread. Surprisingly 33.1% people think that there is treatment of COVID 19. They showed goodinterest and positive attitude towards hand washing and maintain social distancing but for maintainingprotocols and guidelines to follow for social distancing they were not comfortable.]]>
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