Social Listening Report Number 6: 21 June 2021
- Title
- Social Listening Report Number 6: 21 June 2021
- Type of Report
- Social Listening Report
- Date
- June 21, 2021
- Key Trends In the Report
- The country was on adjusted alert level 3 from 16 June to 27 June 2021. Vaccine demand surpasses supply, with logistical challenges slowing rollout, especially compared to Botswana. Concerns include politicization ahead of elections, Pfizer preference over J&J due to contamination issues, and fears of post-vaccine health risks like clotting and myocarditis. Confusion remains over vaccine differences and widespread issues with the EVDS system.
- Misinformation by Period
- Misinformation related to the fear of dying related to COVID-19 vaccines. Misinformation related to COVID-19 vaccine side effects such as clot formation,myocarditis, and miscarriage.
- Suggested Recommendations
- Provide Community health workers with electronic devices. Improve transport access for over 60s and to publish vaccine sites
- Lockdown Level
- 3
- Cumulative Cases
- 1 832 479
- Cumulative Deaths
- 58 795
- Cumulative Hospitalisations
- 291 906
- Cumulative Recoveries
- 1 656 680
- Total number of vaccines administered to date
- 2 331 949
- 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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