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All’s well that ends well, nurses back at work
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Amid the ongoing Covid pandemic, thousands of nurses staged a sick note protest in hospitals all over the country. Nurses’ union leaders met President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday to discuss their demands. An agreement was reached and they returned to work. But this was followed by trade union action by Public Health Inspectors who also play a key role in the battle against the pandemic. With the PHIs also reaching an agreement with the Government and returning to work yesterday, the anti-Covid vaccination programme received a shot in the arm. Our picture shows a nurse giving anti-covid vaccines to people at a centre in Gothatuwa. Pic by Eshan Fernando