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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2020; 19(04): 441-444
DOI: 10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_106_20
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Role of social media amidst coronavirus disease 2019 crisis: Expectations versus reality

Deepak Juyal
Department of Microbiology, Government Doon Medical College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
,
Shekhar Pal
Department of Microbiology, Government Doon Medical College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
,
Shweta Thaledi
1   Department of Microbiology, Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, Government Doon Medical College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
,
Shalabh Jauhari
Department of Microbiology, Government Doon Medical College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
,
Sunil Kumar
Department of Microbiology, Government Doon Medical College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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Received: 11 August 2020

Accepted: 10 September 2020

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19 April 2022

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