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Covid-19 ini adalah infeksi virus zoonosis dengan tingkat kematian rendah hingga sedang. Peningkatan kasus setiap harinya terjadi akibat kesadaran masyarakat yang masih rendah terhadap bahaya virus ini. Kesadaran yang rendah ini berkaitan dengan persepsi yang dimiliki masyarakat Provinsi Riau.
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi persepsi masyarakat terhadap wabah Covid-19 di Kecamatan Mandau Provinsi Riau. Jenis penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif dengan metode Cross Sectional Survey. Dengan sampel sebanyak 400 masyarakat dengan teknik pengambilan sampel secara Propotional stratified random sampling dengan teknik pengumpulan data melalui kuesioner dalam bentuk Google Form. Hasil penelitian di peroleh bahwa pengetahuan merupakan salah satu faktor yang berpengaruh signifikan terhadap persepsi masyarakat tentang covid19, berdasarkan hasil uji statistik menggunakan uji chi-square diperoleh nilai p = 0,03 dan OR = 1,582. Ada pengaruh motivasi diri terhadap persepsi masyarakat tentang covid-19, berdasarkan hasil uji statistik diperoleh nilai p = 0,000 dan OR = 3,451. Ada pengaruh pengulangan (repetisi) terhadap
persepsi masyarakat tentang covid-19, berdasarkan hasil uji statistik diperoleh nilai p = 0,001 dan OR = 2,024. Diharapkan masyarakat dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan, motivasi dan pengulangan (repetisi) terhadap paparan iklan mengenai covid-19 agar terciptanya persepsi yang positif bagi masyarakat
sehingga dapat meningkatkan kesadaran untuk memutus mata rantai penyebaran covid-19.

Covid-19 is a zoonotic viral infection with a low to moderate mortality rate. The increase in cases every day occurs due to low public awareness of the dangers of this virus. The low awareness of community is related to the perception of Riaus community. The purpose of this reseaech was to determine Factors
Related to Community Perception Toward Covid-19 Outbreak in Mandau District, Riau Province. The type of this research was quantitative with Cross Sectional Survey method. There were 400 people were chosen as the samples by using proportional stratified random sampling technique. The data were
collected through questionnaire in the form of Google Form. The results of the study showed that knowledge was one of the factors that had a significant effect on people's perceptions about covid-19, based on the results of statistical tests by using chi-square test, p = 0.03 and OR = 1.582. Then, there was an influence of self-motivation on people's perceptions about covid-19 with p value = 0.000 and OR = 3.451. Moreover, there was an effect of repetition on the public's perception of covid-19 with p = 0.001 and OR = 2.024. It is hoped that the public increase their knowledge, motivation and repetition of exposure to advertisements regarding COVID-19 so as to create a positive perception for the community so that the awareness to break the chain of Covid-19 transmission can be increased.