This short course is on two days: June 24th, and July 1st. The course is an introduction to effectively communicating, to general audiences, complex statistical modelling and estimation related to Covid-19 data. The instruction will be at a beginner level. The 6 hours course is split in 2 days and will cover “Basics of effective communication to a general audience” on day 1 and “Introduction to estimation and modelling of covid-19 data: prevalence, incidence, epi-curves, transmissibility and reproduction numbers” on day 2. Classes will include stop&go discussion upon broadcasting of video-recorded interviews with experts and professionals in media monitoring and communication of health data. A student assignment is scheduled at the end of day 1 lessons with feedback on day 2 for shared learning.