Nehawu to visit hospitals in Covid-19 hot-spots
The union says the visits are to highlight the number of workers ‘carelessly’ exposed to the virus, which it says ‘is tantamount to murder’
30 June 2020 - 18:05
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehaw), SA’s largest healthcare sector union, is visiting Covid-19 hot-spot facilities across the country as the coronavirus infection rate among front-line workers seems to be spiraling out of control.
Over 3,500 healthcare workers have been infected with the virus and more than 34 have died handling the pandemic that has infected 144,264, without about half of those cases recovered, and killed 2,529 in SA...
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