Sources of news as a necessity for improving community health literacy about COVID-19

In the 21st century, the world has become a global village and a disease outbreak in one part of the world can spread rapidly to other countries far away.

The emergence of the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) in China in January 2020 and its growing level of spread and severity between and within other countries as well as different continents has become a global emergency. Moreover, low health literacy results in more problems and continuation of the outbreak. Consequently, COVID-19 pandemic may produce new debates, discussions, and disturbing developments every day. In the meantime, cyberspace plays an important role in this case.

Improving peoplechr('39')s health literacy can lead to increased potential of patients to make informed decisions, reduce health risks, increase disease prevention, and improve quality of life.

The experience during COVID-19 pandemic has shown that health literacy plays an important role in preventing and controlling diseases and pandemic.