Health minister Zweli Mkhize has told parliament his department will spend another R9bn to continue the fight against Covid-19.

Mkhize was addressing the National Assembly during a debate on the 2021/2022 budget for his department. He said most of his department’s service delivery projects had to be pushed back to reprioritise resources towards fighting the pandemic. ..

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