Staff and oxygen shortages in second wave tremor, front-line workers fear Covid-19 tsunami
National health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Tuesday that government would welcome 2,367 medical interns and 1,693 medical community service practitioners to “provide relief” to the 7,895 community service workforce. KwaZulu-Natal premier Sihle Zikalala said on Sunday that a total of 8,723 health-care workers (HCWs) had been infected with Covid-19 in the public sector since the beginning of the pandemic. “Of the total infected, 98 (or 1%) have sadly succumbed to the disease. The majority of the infected health-care workers (IHCWs) are nurses (56%).” In the past week, some health-ca...