Covid-19: PPE for workers is crucial, Ekurhuleni mayor tells owners at Boksburg shopping centre
“As Business for South Africa, we are deeply humbled to be able to serve our country in its time of need,” Stavros Nicolaou, chairperson of B4SA’s health workgroup said, according to the statement.
“The leadership displayed by our President, and Minister of Health has been exemplary and has galvanised business into action to support our government’s efforts to combat and mitigate the impact of the pandemic. Protecting our frontline doctors, nurses and community health care workers, by ensuring they have access to the PPE required to keep them safe is profoundly important, as they are our only true line of defence against the virus.”
The central procurement strategy is aimed at securing PPE stocks for South Africa for the next six to eight weeks, and monthly thereafter.
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa, said on Twitter that the Champions of the Environment Foundation, of which he is a board member, had raised R702 000 to buy “thousands and thousands” of masks, sanitiser, gloves and face shields to be distributed to 31 health facilities in the Eastern Cape.
– Compiled by Jan Gerber
