.started a movement to raise awareness on how to consume information more responsibly. Coupled with the vast and fast spread of the novel coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and others have described the dis/mis-information swirling around COVID-19 as toxic and potentially deadly in its own right. In Central Africa, where a digital divide is the reality, it is often up to connected journalists to bridge the online world and the offline spheres of the oral traditions that feature African cultures. This qualitative study asks the questions: How are online journalists fighting the COVID-19 disinfodemic in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)? What challenges do they face in counteracting fake news and disinformation and reporting on the pandemic in countries where press freedom is undermined - the CAR and DRC being ranked 132 and 150, respectively, out
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Print article Coronavirus outbreaks at numerous Mat-Su schools that started last week prompted officials at six schools to shift to remote learning again for at least part of this week. Colony Middle School, Colony High School and Pioneer Peak Elementary are closed for in-person learning this week. The three schools shifted to remote learning last Wednesday. As of Tuesday, officials were reporting 21, 23 and 32 staff or students testing positive for COVID-19 at each school, respectively. Palmer High School, with 14 reported cases, was closed through Wednesday. Wasilla High School, with five reported cases, was closed through Tuesday. Mat-Su Career and Tech High, with 10 reported cases, reopened to in-person learning Tuesday.
Data on vaccine acceptance from 67 countries is now available on the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) website through the KAP COVID Dashboard at this link: Examples of ways in which you can engage with this platform include: