Zimbabwe's largest nurses' union has announced that its members are now incapacitated and would be unable to attend work, citing low pay that it said could no longer meet basic needs.
"The salaries we are currently earning are meagre as to amount to slave wages," read part of a statement issued on Monday by the Zimbabwe Nurses' Association.
Monday's statement is the second issued in a month, following another one issued on 8 June when the union urged its members to stop going to work to press for higher pay – although some nurses did not heed the call.
The Zimbabwean government announced last month it was going to give its workers US$75 Covid-19 allowances, plus a 50% salary increment.
The strike by nurses comes at a time when the number of positive Covid-19 cases is on the rise, having reached 574 as of Monday, including seven deaths.
