Myths, beliefs, and perceptions about COVID-19 in Ethiopia: A need to address information gaps and enable combating efforts

• Yohannes Kebede ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yohanneskbd@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Faculty of Public Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3142-5266

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• Zewdie Birhanu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Faculty of Public Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5465-1509

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• Diriba Fufa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Yimenu Yitayih,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Jemal Abafita,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Economics, College of Business and Economics, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Ashenafi Belay,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of English Language and Literature, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Abera Jote,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Argaw Ambelu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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