Central SA
#Covid19: Lives lost at FS Education─── LUCKY NKUYANE 11:49 Mon, 11 Jan 2021
The Free State, like other provinces in the country, has recorded several deaths of teachers and learners since the emergence of COVID-19 in March 2020, and the death toll has increased in the past few days, with public servants also passing away.
The Provincial Education spokesperson, Howard Ndaba, confirms that since the outbreak of the virus, 41 teachers and four school pupils have passed away in the Free State. Ndaba adds that two public servants in the department have also succumbed to the virus, which brings the total of lives claimed in the sphere of education to 47 so far.
OFM News previously in November 2020 reported that the Provincial Health Department’s technical expert, Dr Helen Motloung, said at the time that 42 healthcare workers had also lost their lives due to COVID-19-related complications since the outbreak out of the virus.
Motloung said at the time of the report that a total of 3 584 healthcare workers, who are amongst the frontline workers in the country, were infected by the virus and 3 042 of them had recovered. She also mentioned that 202 police officials had also tested positive for the virus. Motloung added that 1 854 educators were amongst those who were infected by the virus in the province.
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