The AstraZeneca vaccine may not be effective against the Covid-19 variant found in South Africa but its usage in the country has not been completely ruled out.
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Nurses in SA are battling under the strain of Covid-19.
They fear dying, since many of their colleagues have met that fate.
A new variant of Covid-19 has hit SA, which is said to be more contagious.
Nthabeleng, a 28-year-old nurse on the front line of South Africa s Covid-19 pandemic, is exhausted and afraid.
Each day, she begins her shift haunted by the dread of contracting the coronavirus and dying, leaving behind a five-year-old daughter. She finishes it numb with fatigue, but the fear remains.
Every week, a colleague dies somewhere, said Nthabeleng who works in a rural clinic in northern Limpopo.
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Healthcare workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) make their way out one of the temporary wards dedicated to the treatment of possible COVID-19 coronavirus patients at the Nasrec Field Hospital in Soweto, on January 25, 2021. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
Nthabeleng, a 28-year-old nurse on the front line of South Africa’s Covid pandemic, is exhausted and afraid.
Each day, she begins her shift haunted by the dread of contracting coronavirus and dying, leaving behind a five-year-old daughter. She finishes it numb with fatigue, but the fear has remained.
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