Open AccessPANDEMIC AND ROLE OF MEDIA
Author(s) -
Atul Shiva,
Sumit Narula
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of content, community and communication
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.183
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2456-9011
pISSN - 2395-7514
DOI - 10.31620/jccc.12.20/01
Subject(s) - pandemic , globe , covid-19 , declaration , political science , geography , virology , development economics , history , medicine , law , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , disease , pathology , outbreak , ophthalmology
The year 2020 has witnessed turbulent times across the globe due to the declaration of Pandemic – COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO). On 11 March 2020, WHO Director-General‟s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 explained the the fact to the world that this novel Corona Virus could be characterized as a pandemic and announced the alarming levels of spread and its severity.