@article{Chayal_Yadav_Verma_Kalhan_Nadda_Goswami_Dhaka_Agrawal_Kumar_Sachdewa_et al._2021, title={Clinico-epidemiological profile of early cases of Covid-19 in state of Haryana, India}, volume={33}, url={https://www.iapsmupuk.org/journal/index.php/IJCH/article/view/2044}, DOI={10.47203/IJCH.2021.v33i01.013}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Background</strong>: Covid -19 disease is caused by novel coronavirus known as SARS CoV 2. Coronaviruses are known to cause disease in humans which can be a common cold or a serious pneumonia. SARS Cov 2 is a new variant of coronavirus which was never reported in humans before detection of cluster of cases of pneumonia in Wuhan on 31st December, 2019.<strong>Objective</strong>: The study was conducted with the objective to find out clinico- epidemiological profiles of early Covid-19 patients in state of Haryana, India and to find out knowledge about covid appropriate behaviors among covid 19 patients. <strong>Methods</strong>: All the covid-19 cases in the five districts of Haryana were enumerated from March 2020 to May 2020. These Covid-19 cases were contacted telephonically and those who gave their consent to participate in the study were asked to fill interview schedule. <strong>Observations</strong>: There were 356 covid cases reported in five districts attached to PGIMS, Rohtak. Out of total,254 subjects participated in the study, there were 60.6 % males and 39.4% females who participated in the study. Blood groups of all the participants were also enquired and it was observed that B +ve was most common (19.7%) blood group followed by A+ve (16.5%) and O +ve (15.7%). <strong>Conclusion</strong>: It can be concluded by the study that majority of the subjects were males, overweight and blood group A & B were the most common blood groups. It was observed that 75.2 % participants were aware about the use of mask, social distancing, hand hygiene and cough etiquettes.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Indian Journal of Community Health}, author={Chayal, Vinod and Yadav, Rohtas K and Verma, Ramesh and Kalhan, Meenakshi and Nadda, Anuradha and Goswami, Shweta and Dhaka, Rohit and Agrawal, Ginni and Kumar, Gopal and Sachdewa, Aman and et al.}, year={2021}, month={Mar.}, pages={97–102} }