Covid-19: Health Communication

Abstract

The research paper reviews the nature of COVID-19 pandemic and health communication  efforts made by the Government of India for prevention of spread of COVID-19. It  summarizes and also identifies sources of authentic information i. e. scientific organizations  relevant for getting information during pandemic. It is noteworthy that unscientific  information may lead to superstitions and unhealthy behaviours. The research paper is a  review paper by making use of secondary literature collected from various research papers,  annual reports, magazines, journals and websites. The paper also makes use of data on  COVID-19 confirmed cases, cured cases and deaths. The data has been extracted from PRS  Legislative Research Website. The efforts have been presented at the national as well as 
international level. Furthermore, the paper further reveals that existing health communication  is not sufficient. Consequently, there is need of more communication efforts in general and  scientific communication in particular in order to preventspread of COVID-19.