By posting images of their vaccination cards on social media, people expose themselves to a broad range of cyber risks, warn security experts.
Levels of vaccine hesitancy on social media increased after the temporary halt of SA’s vaccination programme in April, says BrandsEye.
The health department’s Dr Nicholas Crisp admits to system issues with government’s online registration portal for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Citizens 60 years and above can now self-register to be vaccinated by calling the COVID-19 toll-free hotline, says the national health department.
Some seniors vent on social media as government’s online COVID-19 vaccine registration portal fails to deliver registration SMSes, as promised.
Vaccine fears addressed by DST
The Department of Science and Technology held a Zoom session on 24 February that was designed to dispel myths about vaccines and other variants.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has lauded Africa’s biggest mobile operator for leading the efforts in making the COVID-19 vaccine available on the continent.
Government moves to establish an electronic data system to manage and surveil coronavirus vaccines.
Documents relating to the regulatory submission for the vaccine candidate, stored on a European Medicines Agency server, have been unlawfully accessed.
Cyber actors are sending phishing e-mails to organisations involved in vaccine storage and transport to harvest account credentials, says IBM.