The workers will be drawn from the expanded public works programme.
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure is assisting the Department of Health by contracting non-profit organisations to recruit an additional 20,400 workers in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille told media in parliament on Tuesday that 316 NPOs have been identified to recruit the workers.
“They will then fall under the category of essential workers and the health department will ensure their exemption as 20,400 essential workers,” De Lille said.De Lille said she is also compiling a directive that the current cohort of around 800,000 EPWP workers will be paid during the lockdown.The minister also updated the media on the work being done to identify state-owned and private facilities which could be used as possible quarantine sites.
De Lille said the response from the private sector to provide quarantine sites had been overwhelming. “Once these checks have been done, we will inform the private sector of which properties we will use as quarantine sites.”
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