Impacts: 
As the COVID-19 cases increased when the pandemic started, the myths related to it grew uncontrollably. It included the misconceptions about its spread, contraindications, and presumptions. Many people were affected by this ambiguous communication. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), many countries are involved not only in combating coronavirus but also eradicating the misconception and false information related to it (“UN Tackles ‘Infodemic’ of Misinformation and Cybercrime in COVID-19 Crisis,” 2020). Due to these misconceptions, doctors’ jobs became complicated and they faced problems while treating their patients’ problems. Because of their lack of awareness and experience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people hold some popular misconceptions. This was a major factor in the COVID-19 pandemic’s rising number of infected cases and fatalities.
In the northwest of Ethiopia, the Muslim participants were less likely to have the misconceptions regarding COVID-19 than Orthodox Christians as they minimized physical contact by performing their religious practice at home while Christian went for spiritual services to church ignoring the social distancing recommendations. They also believed that this pandemic could only end by the help of God. Consequently, people were ignoring the instructions of the health system and had firm belief in the religious norms and principles (Mekonnen et al., 2020). Many people fail to understand the importance of handwashing and wearing masks because of their misconceptions about COVID-19 pandemic. Eventually, this hinders the significance of prescribed measures and treatment for SARS-CoV-2.