COVID-19: 24,000 health workers infected eNCA
A doctor walks past a coronavirus information sign at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto.JOHANNESBURG - Some 24,000 health workers in South Africa have contracted coronavirus, 181 of whom have died since the pandemic hit the country in March, the health minister announced on Wednesday.
Health Minister Zweli Mkwize told a news conference that the numbers of health workers who tested positive for coronavirus stood at 24,104 with 181 deaths.The tally translates to around five percent of the country's total caseload, compared to the global rate of some 10 percent, he said. The minister warned he would act against hospital administrators who failed to ensure workplace safety.
"We are not out of the woods yet, but so far we have fought a good fight," he said."We haven’t got to the stage where we don’t have hospital space for patients."
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