Frontline workers say they need wage increases and a risk allowance.
Denosa President, Simon Hlungwani says nurses are demotivated as they also have to work longer hours while being at risk of getting infected with COVID-19. "The President must not take it as business as usual when nurses are dying from COVID-19. We are demanding the President intervene. We need our wage increase which is due to us."Meanwhile, the Health Department recorded 49 new COVID-19 deaths in South Africa, taking the total number of fatalities to 15,427.Over 1,800 new COVID-19 cases have been reported.
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