Definitions
- Communication management:
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The systematic planning, implementing, monitoring, and revision of all the channels of communication.
- Corona virus disease-19:
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A disease caused by corona virus, leads to respiratory illness while damaging the human immune system, transmitted through droplets of an infected person into another person’s eyes, nose, or mouth and highly fatal in nature.
- Ethical imperative:
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A belief or principle which is perceived as extremely morally necessary.
- Palliative:
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An approach that improves the quality of life of individual facing problems associated with life-threatening illness.
- Social distancing:
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A precautionary measure of maintaining at least 1 m distance from every person in a bid to stop the spread of COVID-19.
- Misinformation:
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The propagation of false or unverified information through communication...
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Ekwunife, R.A., Robinson, D.F., Ukeje, I.O., Ojiaku, K. (2020). Communication Management of COVID-19 in Nigeria. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_4153-1
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