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South Africa: Mistrust and Fear Are the Major Drivers of Covid Vaccine Hesitancy, Says Market Research Firm
Daily Maverick, 6 September 2021
With one in three people indicating that they are unwilling to get vaccinated against Covid-19, it has emerged that mistrust in government and a fear of side effects are among the… Read more »
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South Africa: Higher Education, Science and Innovation Fulfills Its Role in Post-Covid Economy
Parliament of South Africa, 6 September 2021
The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology, Ms Nompendulo Mkhatshwa says Covid-19 has raised the importance of investing in science,… Read more »
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South Africa: Teenage Pregnancy During Covid-19 in South Africa - a Double Pandemic
The Conversation Africa, 6 September 2021
Pregnancies among adolescent girls remain a global problem. An estimated 21 million girls aged 15-19 years in developing countries become pregnant and about 12 million of them give… Read more »
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South Africa: Undocumented People Neglected in Plans to Vaccinate
New Frame, 2 September 2021
Those without an ID, passport or asylum-seeker number fear that getting the jab will get them booted out the country - that is if they are able to access vaccination in the first… Read more »
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South Africa: SA Urged to Vaccinate to Counter Resurgence of Infections
SAnews.gov.za, 3 September 2021
President Cyril Ramaphosa says those that choose not to vaccinate increase the risk for a resurgence of infections and prolonged economic hardship for the rest of the population. Read more »
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South Africa: SA Has Adequate Capacity to Administer Covid-19 Jabs
SAnews.gov.za, 3 September 2021
Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, says government has enough capacity to administer vaccinations at various sites across the country. Read more »
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South Africa: Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination Is Not Government's Priority - Phaahla
SAnews.gov.za, 3 September 2021
Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, says the question on whether government should issue a legislation or regulation on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination, is currently not among its… Read more »
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South Africa: Men Are Slower to Get Covid-19 Vaccines in South Africa - Lessons From HIV Research
The Conversation Africa, 2 September 2021
Men over the age of 35 in South Africa are not taking up the COVID-19 vaccination at the same rate as women. Only 40% of those who had been vaccinated by 13 August 2021 were men,… Read more »
Project Researches Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in South Africa
With one in three people indicating that they are unwilling to get vaccinated against Covid-19, it has emerged that mistrust in government and a fear of side effects are among the main barriers to people getting the jab, according to research done by Ask Afrika.
The research project, commissioned by the government and conducted in the weeks before and after the start of the third wave of coronavirus infections (May and June 2021), found that 28% of respondents were unwilling to get vaccinated and half of these did not know much about the government's roll-out plans.
Andrea Rademeyer from Ask Afrika said the vaccine roll-out to the adult population was taking place at a time when communities were under extreme emotional stress. Their research, for instance, showed that the emotional distress among communities in the country was highest in KwaZulu-Natal, with fear levels being very high among young people in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. The research was conducted before the July unrest in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
As of September 7, 2021, a total of 2,824,063 cases of Covid-19 has been confirmed in the country of which 83,617 proved fatal and 2,599,667 resulted in recovery.
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