Rising Above Misinformation or Fake News in Africa: Another Strategy to Control COVID-19 Spread

Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, John Elvis Hagan, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Thomas Schack
2020 Frontiers in Communication  
Misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic is gradually gaining much popularity and amplifying the threat facing humanity about the continuous spread of the virus regardless of one's location. Although some of the influx of these falsehoods may be harmless, others might pose a serious threat by misleading the general population to depend on unjustified and/unsubstantiated claims for protection and show preference for them against scientifically proven guidelines. This paper provides a
more » ... understanding on some COVID-19 misinformation, the inherent implications this poses to public health in Africa and highlights the potential strategies to curb this trend.
doi:10.3389/fcomm.2020.00045 fatcat:xera6vyyvvgvto2vyao2k2fya4