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Nurses account for the majority of deaths due to COVID-19 among healthcare workers in KZN: Zikalala

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KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Premier Sihle Zikalala has lamented the deaths of healthcare workers to COVID-19 related complications.

This comes as the country battles a second wave fuelled by a new variant of the virus. The new variant appears to result in higher viral loads, making people even more infectious.

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Zikalala says nurses account for the majority of deaths among healthcare workers in the province.

He says, “A total of 7 891 healthcare workers have been infected with COVID-19 in the public sector since the beginning of the pandemic. 91 sadly succumbed to this disease, the majority of infected workers were nurses. The number of infected healthcare workers has increased to 449.”

The Provincial Health Department also dismissed claims that it’s not ready for the second wave.

The department says it has an allocation of 3 367 beds, with 147 dedicated to ICU beds. It also has 700 ventilators and over 900 non-invasive ventilators.

Meanwhile, the KZN tourism sector is already forecasting a 62% decline in domestic tourism.

It’s projected that the local tourism sector will only recover in 2022. Ethekwini District has continued to record the highest number of new cases daily.

It contributes approximately half of the total laboratory-confirmed cases provincially.

13 people die daily in KZN due to COVID-19

Zikalala says 13 people are dying every day from the coronavirus in the province. He was briefing the media on how the virus is progressing during the festive season.

Zikalalala says the increase in the number of deaths is consistent with the high number of new infections in the last two weeks. The recent surge in the number of infections is being fueled by a new variant in South Africa.

Despite this, however, Zikalala says the province is confident it has the bed capacity and infrastructure to cope.

He’s raised concerns about the number of COVID-19 deaths suffered at home, calling on people to seek medical assistance sooner rather than later.

“The actual number of deaths which occurred in week 50 was 68. And for week 51, it was 11. It tells you we are facing a serious challenge. The number of cases testing positive in the past two weeks increased from 15% to 24.5%. On the 17th of December, the province received 22 home deaths. This means now that the province has 142 or 3% of deaths that occur at home since the beginning of the pandemic.”

10 things to keep nurses safe during COVID-19

The recommendations outlined are based on those of official sources, including the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

  1. Perform hand hygiene
  2. Clean surfaces regularly with disinfectant
  3. Adequate ventilation in rooms
  4. Change gloves when torn or heavily contaminated
  5. Wear fitted N95 respirator (medical mask)
  6. Use a face shield or medical mask and goggles
  7. Wash hands before putting on personal protective equipment (PPE)
  8. Remove PPE correctly
  9. Wash hands immediately after removing all PPE
  10. Proper patient placement

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