en سلامت Health Original Article <strong>Background:</strong> Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) has affected over 250 million people globally and resulted in over 5 million deaths since it was first reported in November 2019.<br> <strong>Methods:</strong> A cross-sectional study was conducted online from July to September 2020 among nationals and permanent residents of Trinidad and Tobago (N = 812). The related questionnaire consisted of demographic characteristics, 11 items on knowledge, 11 items on attitude and 7 items on practice and experience. Domain scores were derived for each component (K, A and P) and independent t-tests and one-way ANOVA were used to compare differences in scores within demographic categories.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> The population possessed a high level of knowledge about COVID-19(0.85 &plusmn; 0.09). Attitude scores (0.54 &plusmn; 0.07) were influenced by factors such as sex, age, occupation, level of education and area of residence. Significant relationships (P<0.05) were found between demographic categories of sex, age, profession, education, geographical region and the mean domain scores.<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> There was overall high level of knowledge and good practices in response to COVID-19 which suggests that the government&#39;s management approach was effective in providing information about COVID-19 and the safe practice needed to reduce spread of the virus.<span dir="RTL"></span><br> &nbsp; COVID-19, KAP survey, Trinidad and Tobago, Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices 760 772 http://sbrh.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-356-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Azad Mohammed azad.mohammed@sta.uwi.edu 0000-0002-5897-9851 Yes Department of Life Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago Vrijesh Tripathi vrijesh.tripathi@sta.uwi.edu No Department of Life Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago Delezia Singh delezia_singh@yahoo.com 0000-0001-5318-8711 No Department of Mathematics, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. Lauren Ali lauren.cv.ali@gmail.com 0000-0003-2748-4925 No Department of Life Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago Ruth Mohan ruthmohan@hotmail.com 0000-0003-2748-4925 No Department of Life Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago Sedique Graham sedique.graham195@gmail.com No Department of Life Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago Saraswatie Sankar saraswatie.sankar@sta.uwi.edu No Department of Life Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago Naresh Nandram naresh.nandram@gmail.com No Ministry of Health, Trinidad and Tobago.