The internet, which has become a very important information platform today, is targeted to be used in informing the masses in the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, it was aimed to examine the categories of news on COVID-19 in national and foreign internet newspapers and the distribution of health news by topics in terms of quantity and quality. In this study, 12,829 news in the three most clicked local and three foreign internet newspapers between 17.01.2020 and 10.03.2020 were analyzed using content analysis method. The news (n = 768; 5.50%) in the health category, which ranked fourth among all news, were analyzed in terms of content and classified according to the topics they covered. It was determined that the average number of daily news increased statistically significantly in national newspapers on the 6th week and in foreign newspapers on the 6th and 7th weeks. In the health category, there was a significant increase in the 7th week in national newspapers and in the 6th week in foreign newspapers. When the distribution of all news was examined, the first place was "world" (n = 5628; 43.9%) and the fourth place was the "health" (n = 818; 6.40%) category.In the distribution of health news by subject, it was determined that the highest number of news was in "preventive policy" (n = 115; 59.0%) and the least number of news was in the "treatment" category (n = 152; 19.8%). As a result, internet newspapers can play important roles in pandemic control when they work in coordination with health authorities.