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In a moving tribute to commemorate International Nurses Day, Health and Social Development MMC, Cllr Eunice Mgcina describes the City’s Covid-19 frontliners as the backbone of municipal efforts to provide quality primary healthcare.
MMC Mgcina commends nurses across the City’s 79 clinics and in other health facilities for being courageous and committed to their work since the global outbreak of Covid-19, which is ravaging the world.
“Nurses are the backbone of our efforts to provide primary healthcare for our residents and their importance should be elevated at every opportunity we get,” she says.
The MMC has also paid homage to all City Nurses who succumbed to the Coronavirus in the last 14 months.
the largest protests yet are expected in new york city today, as unions, liberal organizations, and community groups are joining demonstrators. a march to city hall is scheduled for this afternoon. in boston, hundreds of city nurses are expected to join protesters today. demonstrators have built a tent city near the federal reserve bank there. and in los angeles, demonstrators have been going out in front of city hall for at least four days. organizers are also hoping for a big response to calls for a nationwide walkout by college students about 45 minutes from now. matthew bishop is u.s. business editor for the economist and joins us from new york. matthew, there s a feel here, as we see the coverage, of what happened with the globalization, the anti-globalization protests in the 90s that became so large