Social Listening Report Number 11: 28 July 2021
- Title
- Social Listening Report Number 11: 28 July 2021
- Type of Report
- Social Listening Report
- Date
- July 28, 2021
- Key Trends In the Report
- Disaster management regulations were on alert level 3. The report highlights a high increase in registration and vaccine interest among 35-49 year olds. Deaths following vaccines are being investigated. Misinformation was on vaccine safety and effectiveness especially on whatsapp.
- Misinformation by Period
- Herbal/home remedies can cure corona, World Ivermectin Day (24 July) is celebrated as it prevents & cures COVID-19. Vaccine Safety misinformation that vaccines cause many people to die. Vaccine effectiveness misinformation claims that vaccines don't work because you can still get COVID-19 after vaccination
- Suggested Recommendations
- Communicate about deaths and explain how to report any death or severe adverse reaction. Engage NGOs and civil society more, involve them more in the vaccination drive. Publicise vaccination site requests and share information about available sites. Laslt, address barriers for undocumented, share ways for the undocumented to vaccinate without fear of deportation
- Lockdown Level
- 3
- Cumulative Cases
- 2 408 525
- Cumulative Deaths
- 70 908
- Cumulative Hospitalisations
- 360 335
- Cumulative Recoveries
- 2 186 988
- Total number of vaccines administered to date
- 7 384 928
- 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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