The Peru Approach against the COVID-19 Infodemic: Insights and Strategies

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...

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Published inThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol. 103; no. 2; pp. 583 - 586
Main Authors Alvarez-Risco, Aldo, Mejia, Christian R, Delgado-Zegarra, Jaime, Del-Aguila-Arcentales, Shyla, Arce-Esquivel, Arturo A, Valladares-Garrido, Mario J, Rosas Del Portal, Mauricio, Villegas, León F, Curioso, Walter H, Sekar, M Chandra, Yáñez, Jaime A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Institute of Tropical Medicine 01.08.2020
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Subjects
Betacoronavirus
Communication
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Deception
Government Regulation
Health Communication - standards
Health Education - standards
Health Literacy
Humans
Pandemics
Peru
Piece
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2
Social Media
Peru
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Summary: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.
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Authors’ addresses: Aldo Alvarez-Risco, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economicas, Carrera de Negocios Internacionales, Universidad de Lima, Lima, Peru, E-mail: aralvare@ulima.edu.pe. Christian R. Mejia, Mario J. Valladares-Garrido, and Walter H. Curioso, Universidad Continental, Lima, Peru, E-mails: cmejia@continental.edu.pe, mvalladares@continental.edu.pe, and wcurioso@continental.edu.pe. Jaime Delgado-Zegarra, Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas y Recursos Humanos, Instituto de Consumo, Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Lima, Peru, E-mail: jdelgadoz@usmp.pe. Shyla Del-Aguila-Arcentales, Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana, Iquitos, Peru, and Escuela Nacional de Marina Mercante “Almirante Miguel Grau,” Callao, Peru, E-mail: shyladel01@gmail.com. Arturo A. Arce-Esquivel, Department of Health and Kinesiology, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX, E-mail: aarce@uttyler.edu. Mauricio Rosas del Portal, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Perú, E-mail: mrosasdelportal@gmail.com. León F. Villegas, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, E-mail: leon.villegas@upch.pe. M. Chandra Sekar, College of Pharmacy, University of Findlay, Findlay, OH, E-mail: sekar@findlay.edu. Jaime A. Yáñez, Facultad de Educacion, Carrera de Educacion y Gestion del Aprendizaje, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru, Email: jaimeayanez@gmail.com.
ISSN:0002-9637
1476-1645
DOI:10.4269/ajtmh.20-0536