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A survival kit for healthcare workers, before the Covid-19 third wave hits
11 Mar 2021
At risk: Nurses outside a Covid-19 ward at Tembisa hospital. Global studies find healthcare workers are experiencing an increase in mental-health issues since the advent of the pandemic. (Marco Longari/AFP)
(Photos by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)
Exhausted healthcare workers have an estimated two months of precious respite to build resilience to burnout, read up on mental health injury symptoms and discover where to get help before the third Covid-19 wave hits.
This while they continue to suffer twice the Covid-19 infection rate of the communities they care for, according to experts who spoke to the