Open AccessTwitter Sentiment Analysis during Covid -19 Pandemic
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal for research in engineering application and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2454-9150
DOI - 10.35291/2454-9150.2020.0300
Subject(s) - outbreak , pandemic , covid-19 , china , globe , disease , public health , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virus diseases , political science , geography , history , virology , development economics , medicine , virus , economics , law , pathology , ophthalmology
Corona virus disease is an infectious disease caused by newly discovered viruses. The epicenter of the virus was Wuhan, China and was first reported to the WHO Country Office in China on 31 December 2019. The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency; which is of International Concern on 30 January 2020. On 11 February 2020, WHO announced a name for the new coronavirus disease as COVID-19. It hits the world’s economy drastically causing number of deaths and infections to people. People across the globe have mixed sentiments and are in the state of anxiety and fear due to the insecurity of losing loved ones. This paper is an attempt to analyze the sentiments of people during the outbreak as it has affected the lives of many in various aspects.