Public communication and scientific dissemination in COVID-19 times: actions developed at the Federal University of Uberlandia - Brazil

Faced with a pandemic, such as COVID-19, the public communication of science becomes essential, as it provides society with scientifically based content that is of public interest The article presented the scientific communication actions on COVID-19, produced by the Scientific Dissemination Division of the Federal University of Uberlandia (Minas Gerais/ Brazil) A documentary, participatory, descriptive and field research was carried out in the sector of the institution, to survey the scientific productions on the coronavirus, from February 6, 2020 to May 8, 2020 It was concluded that the Scientific Dissemination Division of the Federal University of Uberlandia has spared no effort to produce information about COVID-19, through Scientific Journalism, seeking to reach public communication of science During the study it became evident the importance of public communication of science in scientific dissemination actions, especially at times such as of the coronavirus, when the public interest must be based on scientific criteria