COVID-19

• Main Authors: Ma, Zexin, Nan, Xiaoli, Julia C.M. van Weert, Ou, Mengxue, Ho, Shirley S.
• Other Authors: E. Y. Ho
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Publishing 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; COVID-19; Pandemic; Protective Behaviors; Vaccination; Public Health Communication
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164463
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease first identified in December 2019 and has caused a pandemic of respiratory illness. During a global public health crisis like this one, health communication serves an instrumental role in controlling the spread of the virus. This entry provides a brief overvie...