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How are people and organizations sharing information and knowledge about COVID-19? What boundaries (e.g. urban/rural; national; language) are being crossed or further fortified due to these information flows?

Friday, June 26, 2020 - 8:14am

WW: The Kenyan media has reported on the spread of the Corona Virus since the government's Cabinet Secretary for Health announced the first case. In this article, two government officials are reported to have been infected with information coming from an anonymous source. The use of an unnamed source suggests the sensitivity of the information being shared and to the secrecy with which African governments often handle information that is in the public interest.

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