Infodemic on Medicines for COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned into a multidimensional phenomenon. Its effects spreads everywhere.
A pharmacy tech puts pills of Hydroxychloroquine in a bottle at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, on May 20, 2020. - US President Donald Trump announced May 18 he has been taking hydroxychloroquine for almost two weeks as a preventative measure against COVID-19.
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned into a multidimensional phenomenon. Its effects spreads everywhere.
One of them is the emergence of infodemic, namely a sudden and massive surge of various information and issues regarding a pandemic. The information spills over from various sources, often contradicting one another. As a result, it is difficult to sort between credible and not credible information. It is reasonable for the World Health Organization to state that the current war was not only against the pandemic but also the tsunami of information/infodemic.