Social Listening Report Number 52: 06 June 2022
- Title
- Social Listening Report Number 52: 06 June 2022
- Type of Report
- Social Listening Report
- Date
- June 6, 2022
- Key Trends In the Report
- The national state of disater was still lifted. Social media engagement increased by 55% on platforms like twitter related to COVID-19. Over 50% of adults vaccinated remains a highly engaging topic on social media. Infection rates were declining, suggesting the end of the fifth wave driven by Omicron BA.4/BA.5. Online doubts about monkeypox being a government control tool.
- Misinformation by Period
- It was falsely claimed that Covid-19 vaccines caused infertility, erectile dysfunction, and menstrual irregularities. Monkeypox was portrayed as a government tool for control, similar to earlier Covid-19 conspiracies. Misinformation extended beyond Covid-19, with claims that childhood vaccines caused unrelated health issues. Despite lack of scientific evidence, some promoted Ivermectin as a cure.
- Suggested Recommendations
- Authorities were advised to keep sharing general vaccine information at primary healthcare facilities. To also increase the visibility of posters and educational materials in public spaces to support integrated health services and vaccine awareness.
- Lockdown Level
- The National State of Disaster lifted
- Cumulative Cases
- 3 968 931
- Cumulative Deaths
- No Data
- Cumulative Hospitalisations
- 534 740
- Cumulative Recoveries
- No Data
- Number of vaccines administered for that week
- No Data
- Total number of vaccines administered to date
- 36 380 066
- 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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