Abstract

Infodemics, the information whether true or untrue have been seen to spread swiftly during the epidemic or pandemic or any other public health emergency situations. Among this information, the wrong and falsified ones create hindrances in the control measures amidst such situation leading to confusion and chaos among the public. Social media platforms play a crucial role in the spread of these false information and many people intentionally or unintentionally utilized the COVID-19 pandemic as a source for the spread of inaccurate and non-scientific things through social media platform. Therefore, management of infodemics is of utmost importance these days. Keeping this thing in our mind, we reviewed the scenario of spread of infodemics during the pandemic and how it affects the public health.

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