Social Listening Report Number 30: 10 December 2021
- Title
- Social Listening Report Number 30: 10 December 2021
- Type of Report
- Social Listening Report
- Date
- December 10, 2021
- Key Trends In the Report
- The country was still on alert level 1. The reports highlights concerns about COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and the then new Omicron variant. Major news stories: included news stories such as the UK and other countries imposing travel bans on South Africa, and a push for South Africans to get vaccinated before a February mandate. Offline feedback from the communities showed people were doubtful that there was a new variant. The was also noticeable vaccine hesitancy for booster shots. False information about the Omicron variant being resistant to vaccines and its origins was widely circulated.
- Misinformation by Period
- Misinformation claimed the variant was a scam or planned. Misinformation suggested vaccines were ineffective.
- Suggested Recommendations
- Continue with the production of information for community mobiliser. Encourage community mobilizers to spread accurate information and engage with hesitant populations. Continue efforts to debunk misinformation.
- Lockdown Level
- 1
- Cumulative Cases
- 3 112 470
- Cumulative Deaths
- 90 080
- Cumulative Hospitalisations
- 445 769
- Cumulative Recoveries
- 2 878 855
- Total number of vaccines administered to date
- 27 212 399
- 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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