Health minister Zweli Mkhize is adamant that corruption entwined with the country's Covid-19 pandemic will be rooted out, and those implicated will face the full might of the law.
He said front-line workers were of utmost importance during the country’s battle against the coronavirus.Mkhize said unions had raised issues about workplace safety, the shortage and quality of PPE and the mental and physical wellbeing of their members.
He said it was brought to his attention that a doctor died at George Mukhari Academic Hospital, north of Pretoria, from Covid-19, adding there were also claims of insufficient PPE and an unsafe working environment at the facility.
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