Religious congregations are being asked to be extra vigilant amid the second wave of Covid-19, following a religious gathering. The plea by The Leadership Conference of the Consecrated Life SA came after the virus claimed the lives of six nuns at a Catholic convent in Port Shepstone. 

The elderly women from the Daughters of St Francis of Asisi Convent were aged between 75 and 88. According to officials, they passed away over the course of roughly the past week and a bit. 

KZN Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane Zulu says 15 other sisters are said to be critically ill.

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