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. 2022 Dec 5;8:e1151. doi: 10.7717/peerj-cs.1151

Table 4. The definitions and the distribution of classes in ArCOV19-Sit.

Class Description Count
Caution and advice Precautions to face the pandemic, such as washing hands, staying at home, wearing masks, avoiding travel, and encouraging compliance with precautionary measures against COVID-19 employed by authorities. 1,222
Notifications or measures Outbreak announcements, such as the number of infections, recovery cases and deaths, and the measures taken by the concerned authorities, such as closing country borders, shops, schools and worship places and banning or restricting events. 612
Help seeking/offering Seeking or offering support in the form of materials, money, goods, or service or asking for emotional help because of depression, fears etc. 28
Doubt casting and criticizing Questioning local government officials, the Red Cross, and other related initiatives for inaction or blaming some of the public to mislead others. 594
Refute rumors Responses against circulating rumors. 94
Non-situational Information that can not be classified under any of the classes above. 1,682
Total 4,232