TY - JOUR
T1 - The Peru approach against the COVID-19 infodemic
T2 - Insights and strategies
AU - Alvarez-Risco, Aldo
AU - Mejia, Christian R.
AU - Delgado-Zegarra, Jaime
AU - Del-Aguila-Arcentales, Shyla
AU - Arce-Esquivel, Arturo A.
AU - Valladares-Garrido, Mario J.
AU - Del Portal, Mauricio Rosas
AU - Villegas, León F.
AU - Curioso, Walter H.
AU - Sekar, M. Chandra
AU - Yáñez, Jaime A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2020 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - The COVID-19 epidemic has spawned an "infodemic,"with excessive and unfounded information that hinders an appropriate public health response. This perspective describes a selection of COVID-19 fake news that originated in Peru and the government's response to this information. Unlike other countries, Peru was relatively successful in controlling the infodemic possibly because of the implementation of prison sentences for persons who created and shared fake news. We believe that similar actions by other countries in collaboration with social media companies may offer a solution to the infodemic problem.
AB - The COVID-19 epidemic has spawned an "infodemic,"with excessive and unfounded information that hinders an appropriate public health response. This perspective describes a selection of COVID-19 fake news that originated in Peru and the government's response to this information. Unlike other countries, Peru was relatively successful in controlling the infodemic possibly because of the implementation of prison sentences for persons who created and shared fake news. We believe that similar actions by other countries in collaboration with social media companies may offer a solution to the infodemic problem.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089203708&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0536
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0536
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32500853
AN - SCOPUS:85089203708
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 103
SP - 583
EP - 586
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 2
ER -