DURBAN - The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (Denosa) says the increase in Covid-19 infections and death of health workers in South Africa is "no longer a crisis but a catastrophe'.
This is after health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced that about 24 000 health workers in South Africa have been infected with the Coronavirus and 181 have died since the pandemic hit the country in March.
“The rising figures of those infected juxtaposed with the continuing claims by provincial departments that there is sufficient supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to institutions, whereas health workers complain of poor quality and poor protection, is indicative of the urgent need to look into real the factors behind the rising figures,” said the Nurses Union.