MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
Zweli Mkhize says health workers will be protected against Covid-19
‘We want to assure all unions and staff that our health-care workers’ safety is of paramount importance’
08 April 2020 - 00:36
Health minister Zweli Mkhize moved on Tuesday to assure health-care professionals that they would have all the equipment they needed to protect themselves against Covid-19, promising that no-one would be forced to work without proper gear.
His remarks come as SA’s biggest public sector health union readies for a legal fight for personal protective equipment, such as masks and gowns...
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