Role of community-based measures in adherence to self-protective behaviors during first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia

Asma Ayyed AL-Shammary ¹ , Sehar un-Nisa Hassan ² * , Aqeela Zahra ³ , Fahad Bin Zafir Algahtani ^2,4, Shadi Suleiman ⁵

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