Higher education institutions with significant numbers of young adults may become centres of acute outbreaks during a pandemic. Due to the large number of young adults, universities have the potential to become outbreak centres. The aim of this research is to examine the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of university students towards COVID-19 at Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), in Nilai. A self-administered questionnaire with a sample size of 2061 Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) students was distributed to collect the data and analyzed using SPSS software. To identify the levels of KAP among USIM students, we used descriptive statistics based Likert scale questionnaire. Results show that the sample of students have excellent awareness (85 per cent) and good attitude (73.8 per cent) towards COVID-19. However, levels for practice is significantly lower (44.9%) than the other two attributes. This is most likely due to the unpreparedness to face this pandemic's crucial situation. In other words, it can be said that although students have a fairly good level of knowledge on the subject, there is still much room for improvement in attitude and practice.

The emergence of COVID-19 has affected people worldwide from all angles, from the aspects of health, wealth, emotional and also human interactions. This study aimed to look at the attributes such as positive behaviour, awareness, preparedness and relationships among Malaysians during the implementation of movement control order (MCO), and the predictors of preparedness in facing the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study was conducted online involving 317 respondents above the age of 18 years old. A self-administered questionnaire was developed in both Malay and English languages to assess the level of positive behaviour, awareness, preparedness and relationships, as well as their main source of information retrieval regarding COVID-19. Overall, the measured attributes in this study showed the highest level in behaviour (84.2%), followed by awareness (73.5%), preparedness (62.5%) and relationships (60.6%). Multiple regression on preparedness revealed that all variables (behaviour, awareness, and relationships) are significant (p<0.05), while gender is not. The top two sources of information the respondents refer to during the MCO are social and broadcast media. This marks the influence of social and broadcast media in an Industrial Revolution 4.0 era. Despite having good awareness and positive behaviour, the MCO may also have caused relationship issues as well as lower preparation levels in facing a deadly pandemic. It is suggested that future research to look into whether this would have any association with the mental health of Malaysians facing the pandemic. By understanding the attributes related to the MCO during the COVID-19 pandemic, it would help the government in the implementation of policies and procedures in any future pandemic.

This year's entrance to the month of Ramadan was distinctive from previous years. Whether fasting may present an elevated risk of contracting the COVID-19 virus due to dehydration while the coronavirus pandemic spreads its way through the world is a reasonable issue. During this COVID19 era, the misery fuels the thought about the public implications that emerged. Therefore, this study is undertaken in order to assess the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in the holy month of Ramadan among Muslims in Malaysia in terms of religious practices (fasting, prayers, charity) by using data collection via questionnaires. Online sampling of residents from Malaysia has been actively recruited via the authors' networks of residents and social media in Malaysia. To sum up, during this year's Ramadan in Malaysia, the COVID-19 pandemic does impose differences in religious practices (fasting, prayers, charity) compared to previous years.

Mental health conditions (MHC) have been found to have a negative effect on the outcome of respiratory diseases. MHC may increase readmissions and prolonged hospital stay for non-psychiatric hospitalisations. The study aimed to look at the depression, anxiety, and stress (DAS) levels of the Malaysian public in response to the pandemic and movement control order (MCO), using the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 (DASS-21) questionnaire at different MCO stages. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a non-probability and snowballing sampling method involving 317 respondents above 18 years of age in Malaysia. Descriptive statistics and t-tests were used to analyse the data to identify the DAS levels during the early phase MCO compared to the recovery phase MCO. Results demonstrate the stress level to be higher during the early phase in comparison to the recovery phase; however, for anxiety and depression, these levels are identical in both phases. Additionally, ttest results exhibit similar findings, where significant differences (at 5%) are found for stress levels between the early and recovery phases. Meanwhile, for anxiety levels, a significant difference is only found at the 10% level of significance. Interestingly, for depression, no significant difference is found between the two phases. The decrease in stress levels can be explained by the adaptation of the public response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, to a certain extent, anxiety was still present and postulated due to apprehension and uncertainties about the COVID-19 pandemic progression with time. Future research should further assess the public response toward the latest COVID-19 pandemic dynamics, and reasons for the anxiety component can be established.