Thousands of nurses have left Zimbabwe to work in the UK in what has been described as ‘forced migration’ by the International Council of Nurses (ICN).
HARARE, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) Zimbabwe is employing an additional 500 nurses and 47 junior medical doctors in response to rising COVID-19 cases amid a second wave
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ZIMBABWE is employing an additional 500 nurses and 47 junior medical doctors in response to rising Covid-19 cases amid a second wave of the pandemic, an official said Wednesday.
Of the 500 nurses, 200 have already been deployed to main hospitals in Harare, the second largest city of Bulawayo, and Matabeleland South Province which borders South Africa and Botswana, while the remaining 300 will be deployed in due course, Zimbabwean Health Service Board executive chairman Paulinus Sikosana said.
He also said that the government will continue to provide all medical staff with monthly Covid-19 risk allowances and insurance cover against the disease.
According to Sikosana, 1 547 health workers out of a workforce of 50 000 have been infected with Covid-19, while seven have died from the disease.