Social Listening Report Number 43: 04 April 2022
- Title
- Social Listening Report Number 43: 04 April 2022
- Type of Report
- Social Listening Report
- Date
- April 4, 2022
- Key Trends In the Report
- The country was still on alert level 1. The key trends on the report highlighted that there was decline in vaccine certificate queries. There was a increased sentiments around COVID-19 being over where people felt COVID-19 was less important. There was also confusion and concern around lockdown regulations as rumours circulated that the state of disaster was coming to an end. Lastly, the report covered concerns of low vaccine uptake in KwaZulu Natal.
- Misinformation by Period
- Misinformation was related to vaccine injury many believed that COVID-19 vaccines cause erectile dysfunction and infertility. There was misinformation related foreigners being at risk of deportation when they get vaccinated. Vaccine boosters are dangerous. Low COVID-19 cases means that people dont have to vaccinate. Only old people should get vaccinated because they are at risk of dying.
- Suggested Recommendations
- Intergrate TB with COVID-19 messaging. Update lists of operating COVID-19 vaccination sites.
- Lockdown Level
- 1
- Cumulative Cases
- 3 723 640
- Cumulative Deaths
- 100 052
- Cumulative Hospitalisations
- 512 368
- Cumulative Recoveries
- 3 612 081
- Total number of vaccines administered to date
- 33 992 801
- Geographical Region
- Africa (South Africa)
- Curators of the report
- Nombulelo Leburu
- NDoH
- Peter Benjamin
- HealthEnabled
- Charity Bhengu.
- 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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