Social Listening Report Number 4: 07 June 2021
- Title
- Social Listening Report Number 4: 07 June 2021
- Type of Report
- Social Listening Report
- Date
- June 7, 2021
- Key Trends In the Report
- The country was adjusted to alert level 2 from 31 May to 15 June 2021. Support for vaccinations remains strong, particularly for those over 60. Vaccine hesitancy appears to be decreasing. Confusion over access continues.
- Misinformation by Period
- COVID-19 vaccines causes magnetic fields. There are rumoured deaths attributed to COVID-19 vaccines of celebrities. COVID-19 vaccine rollout is like the holocaust.
- Suggested Recommendations
- Improve EVDS such as sending sms to people to confirm their registration for vaccination. Communicate COVID-19 vaccine rollout details to the public. Report anti-vaxx doctors.
- Lockdown Level
- 2
- Cumulative Cases
- 1 699 849
- Cumulative Deaths
- 57 063
- Cumulative Hospitalisations
- 278 808
- Cumulative Recoveries
- 1 581 540
- Total number of vaccines administered to date
- 1 526 370
- Geographical Region
- Global
- Curators of the report
- National Department of Health
- Stakeholders
- National Health Hotline: Reports from the national call centre
- Org: NDOH Covid-19 WhatsApp system
- WHO Africa Infodemic Response Alliance (AIRA)
- UNICEF: digital analysis of content on Google, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, and digital news
- SA Red Cross: Network of over 2,000 community volunteers reporting misinformation and concerns.
- Real 411 Media Monitoring Africa: a mis- and disinformation reporting and debunking initiative
- COVID Comms: a network of communications specialists that produces information on the pandemic.
- DOH Free State & KZN: Provincial Departments of Health
- Health Systems Trust, Community Constituency Front (CCF),
- Health Enabled
- Centre for Communication Impact, Centre for Analytics & Behavioural Change
- Medical Research Council, National Institute for Communicable Diseases,
- SA Vaccination and Immunisation Centre, HSRC, DG Murray Trust, Right to Care
- Universities of Johannesburg, Cape Town, Free State, Wits, Stellenbosch, Sefako Makgatho
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