DATCOV Hospital Surveillance Report Number 28: 23 November 2021
- Title
- DATCOV Hospital Surveillance Report Number 28: 23 November 2021
- Type of Report
- DATCOV Hospital Surveillance Report
- Date
- November 23, 2021
- Key Trends In the Report
- South Africa was still on alert level 1. The report covered growing concerns about mandatory vaccinations in the work place, with complaints filed to the CCMA regarding dismissals of unvaccinated employees. By the 27 of November 2021 vooma vaccination weekends were still continuing to increase the vaccination numbers. The introduction of R100 grocery vouchers for first-time vaccine recipients over 50 years old was met with mixed reactions, with some calling it a bribery. Many foreign nationals in South Africa expressed gratitude for the opportunity to get vaccinated. The debate on mandatory vaccines brough frustrations about possible restrictions for those who are unvaccinated.
- Misinformation by Period
- Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination. Questioning vaccine efficacy. Claims that COVID-19 vaccines are satanic. Misinformation about methods to "flush out" or detox the vaccine from the body is circulating online. Vaccine Safety and Effectiveness. Misunderstandings and misinformation about the necessity and frequency of booster shots, particularly among health workers who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
- Suggested Recommendations
- Continue with the production of information for community mobilisers.
- Lockdown Level
- 1
- Cumulative Cases
- 2 948 761
- Cumulative Deaths
- 89 635
- Cumulative Hospitalisations
- 438 955
- Cumulative Recoveries
- 2 838 524
- Total number of vaccines administered to date
- 25 143 491
- 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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