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The Covid-19 epidemic has changed the global public life. Nations are closing their borders. The world economy is entering a recession. The current crisis is so unprecedented that governments and societies will have to think past the old examples to face this global epidemic. Additional and specific challenges of information management have also emerged during the current epidemic. As soon as the news about the virus and its spread came across the world, there was a flood of information, misinformation and analysis in the media and especially social media. The real challenge has been how to reduce the panic environment and balance it by bringing it in the right perspective.