How does media coverage affect a COVID-19 pandemic model with direct and indirect transmission?

In this paper, a compartmental differential epidemic model of COVID-19 pandemic transmission is constructed and analyzed that accounts for the effects of media coverage.The model can be categorized into eight distinct divisions: susceptible individuals, exposed individuals, quarantine class, infected individuals, isolated class, infectious material in the environment, media coverage, and recovered individuals.The qualitative analysis of the model indicates that the disease-free equilibrium point is asymptotically stable when the basic reproduction number R 0 is less than one.Conversely, the endemic equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable when R 0 is bigger than one.In addition, a sensitivity analysis is conducted to determine which model parameters impact the fundamental reproduction number most.Finally, some numerical simulations are implemented to reinforce the theoretical part.The results of this study indicate that media coverage may serve as a viable strategy to impede the transmission of Covid-19.