Social Listening Report Number 45: 18 April 2022
- Title
- Social Listening Report Number 45: 18 April 2022
- Type of Report
- Social Listening Report
- Date
- April 18, 2022
- Key Trends In the Report
- The national state of disaster was lifted. The social listening report showed a decline in COVID-19 vaccines and booster demand. There was decreased interest in COVID-19 related news. People dismissed 5th wave predictions as fear mongering and there was negative reactions towards COVID-19 related news.
- Misinformation by Period
- Misinformation about Pfizer documents showing multiple side effects associated with the vaccine. COVID-19 vaccines can cause HIV. COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility and erectile dysfunction.
- Suggested Recommendations
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Improve vaccine access for poorer areas, especially informal settlements and rural areas,
have structural barriers to vaccination. Build trust in Covid-19 vaccines messaging. Communicate the next COVID-19 phase - Lockdown Level
- The National State of Disaster lifted
- Cumulative Cases
- 3 742 108
- Cumulative Deaths
- 100 181
- Cumulative Hospitalisations
- 517 124
- Cumulative Recoveries
- 3 627 969
- Total number of vaccines administered to date
- 34 477 341
- 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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