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Covid-19 claims lives of 12 teachers in Gauteng

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Twelve teachers in Gauteng have died of Covid_19. This was revealed by Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku who was speaking on Friday as part of the Gauteng Provincial Command Council on the latest of Covid-19 in the province.

This was revealed by Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku who was speaking on Friday as part of the Gauteng Provincial Command Council on the latest of Covid-19 in the province.Masuku said that in addition to the teachers, the Gauteng Department of Education also lost an administrative assistant to the virus while the Department of Health lost a nurse in the past week.

Pupils were on Monday turned away from schools on the West Rand in what appears to be in support of the teachers unions’ call to Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to close schools until the Covid-19 peak has passed. SA Democratic Teachers Union Carletonville branch chairperson Bobo Morolong said four teachers had died in the area last weekend.

 

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