Pandemic batters health-care workers psychologically
Doctors and nurses worry about insufficient protective equipment and contracting Covid-19
07 October 2020 - 15:31
SA’s cumulative Covid-19 cases have just passed 683,000, a small fraction of the more than 35-million cases worldwide but enough to put our country’s health-care system under severe strain.
Lockdown has also put strain on a struggling economy, which is likely to shrink more than the initial forecast of 7.2% this year, the biggest recorded reduction in 90 years...
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