South African Health Products Regulatory Authority Media Statement Report: 04 August 2022
- Title
- South African Health Products Regulatory Authority Media Statement Report: 04 August 2022
- Type of Report
- SAHPRA Media Statement
- Date
- August 4, 2022
- Key Trends In the Report
- The media statement provides an update on the Guillian-Barre Syndrome. The media statement assures the public that one of SAHPRA's key function is to monitor and evaluate the safety of vaccines. Although GBS is form of adverse events it is a very rare condition and laslty, the public was assured that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective
- Misinformation by Period
- There is no misinformation available in the media statement
- Suggested Recommendations
- It was noted that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective and SAHPRA determined that the benefits associated with COVID-19 far outweigh the risks for side effects
- Lockdown Level
- The National State of Disaster lifted
- Cumulative Cases
- 4 005 124
- Cumulative Deaths
- 104 183
- Cumulative Hospitalisations
- 540 986
- Cumulative Recoveries
- 3 900 941
- Total number of vaccines administered to date
- 37 302 696
- Geographical Region
- Globally
- Curators of the report
- Dr Boitumelo Semete-Makokotlela
- 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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