District COVID-19 Vaccination Roll Out Report Number 15: 23 August 2021
- Title
- District COVID-19 Vaccination Roll Out Report Number 15: 23 August 2021
- Type of Report
- District COVID-19 Vaccination Roll Out Report
- Date
- August 23, 2021
- Key Trends In the Report
- The country was on lockdown level 3. The report addresses misinformation and fear around vaccines with people still believing that vaccines cause death. People were sharing positive stories and incentives around COVID-19 vaccines. Additionally, the report addressed community engagement of traditional and regious leaders that shared their support and advocacy around vaccines.
- Misinformation by Period
- Anti vaccine myths including that mRNA vaccine is poison, Vaccines are not safe if you have a weak immune system. There are rumors that vaccines contain microchips used to track people.
- Suggested Recommendations
- Increase local social listening efforts. Promote vaccine adverse events reporting system. Address misinformation by actively countering misinformation by spreading accurate information. And lastly, promoting accessibility through sharing vaccination sites and promoting vaccine accessibility.
- Lockdown Level
- 3
- Cumulative Cases
- 2 698 606
- Cumulative Deaths
- 79 584
- Cumulative Hospitalisations
- 397 869
- Cumulative Recoveries
- 2 455 998
- Total number of vaccines administered to date
- 11 103 336
- Geographical Region
- Africa (South Africa)
- 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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