Abstract:Background: In the modern era, the spread of disease is very fast with the transportation allowing more than a million people a day to cross international borders. To control this spreading of disease, the health officials may have various pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical (wearing masks, closing schools, isolation, staying at home etc.) options. Media plays a very important role to communicate awareness in public for use of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to control the epidemics.Methods & Materia… Show more
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