Exhausted: A frontliner in PPE suit taking a break after work in a red zone area during the conditional movement control order period. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star
PETALING JAYA: As the number of Covid-19 cases in the country spikes, the frontliners are facing increasingly long hours and fatigue, besides mounting frustration.
Similar to the second wave of infections that hit the country earlier this year, they say that work can be overwhelming, especially when the number of patients coming into hospitals doesn’t seem to be abating.
From June to August, the number of daily cases were within single and double digits but in mid-September, the daily numbers started hitting triple digits.
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