A study done across 11 tertiary level hospitals in the country by icddr,b and the Directorate General of Health Services found that none of the hospitals conduct surveillance for hospital-acquired infections.
Roy) Herd immunity against misinformation and conspiracy theories is required to ensure herd immunity against SARS-CoV-2..The diverse amount of circulating COVID-19 vaccine misinformation could undermine the universal rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine candidates. Historically, negative claims about vaccine effectiveness have affected vaccine uptake. For example, a boycott of the oral polio vaccine due to rumours that the vaccine caused infertility led to increased polio cases in Nigeria, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Continuous exposure to social media and online anti-vaccine movement may influence people to share and communicate vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories. Monitoring this media data is one method for tracking misinformation in real time and is a possible way to dispel misinformation and optimise vaccine acceptance. This study examined COVID-19 vaccine rumours and conspiracy theories circulating on online platforms, seeking to understand their context and to revie