Causes and consequence of COVID-19 Information Crisis in Africa. And what we can do about it?
The ongoing coronavirus which has gutted at least 206 countries has created a new wildfire called an ‘infodemic,’ an epidemic of misinformation on the pandemic. The infodemic is manifesting as conspiracy theories, wild stories, phantom imaginations about the origin of the pandemic and spurious treatment options and out-of-context visual materials about its effect. The deluge of information is on the pandemic is troubling. No part of the world is immune. All African countries are affected in varying degrees.