South African Health Minister Doctor Zweli Mkhize has dedicated International Nurses Day to the healthcare workers fighting COVID-19 and the nurses in South Africa who paid the ultimate price for it.

Mkhize was leading a virtual celebration of the day from the King Edward hospital in Durban on Tuesday.

Nurses’ selfless work was honoured across the country with candle lighting ceremonies.

International Nurses Day celebrates the dedicated contribution of nurses around the world. This year the focus is also on the brave nurses treating COVID-19 patients.

Mkhize has called on health workers not to lose hope, but to remain brave and gallant soldiers in fighting the pandemic:

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