Johannesburg - More than 24 000 health-care workers have been infected with Covid-19, while another 181 have succumbed to the virus, says Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.This comes after South Africa confirmed 521 318 infections as of Tuesday night, as well as 8 884 deaths and 363 751 recoveries.
Health-care workers unions have in recent days threatened to strike owing to poor provision and insufficient personal protective equipment . He called on health workers to report managers who were mismanaging the fight against Covid-19 by providing poor or no PPE to workers or asking them to hide their status from colleagues.
He said they had noted reports from unions which went on fact-finding missions to uncover shortages on PPE at some hospitals.
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