A Word about Infodemic during COVID-19 Pandemic among Healthcare Professionals

JOURNAL TITLE: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Education and Research

Author
1. Mahendra Kumar
2. Raman Sharma
ISSN
2277-8969
DOI
10.5005/jp-journals-10028-1582
Volume
56
Issue
3
Publishing Year
2022
Pages
2
Author Affiliations
    1. South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Bedford Hospital, Bedford, UK
    1. Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India
  • Article keywords
    COVID-19 pandemic, HCWs, Healthcare professionals, Infodemic, SARS-CoV virus

    Abstract

    In December 2019, the first coronavirus case was detected in Wuhan, China. On 11th March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus a pandemic (COVID-19) due to the rapid spread of the SARS-CoV virus. Common folks using smartphones and social media to access health information create health crisis scenarios. The study\'s purpose was to see how healthcare workers got information and fake news through social media during the COVID-19 outbreak. In a country like India, receiving an unregulated flood of incorrect information on social media adds to the confusion and turns a pandemic into an infodemic.

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