A second exam marker has died in KZN
KZN Education says the woman was based at the Inanda Seminary Marking Centre in Durban - where Maths Literacy papers are being graded.
The department says she was hospitalised on Thursday and succumbed to the disease yesterday.
Departmental spokesperson, Muzi Mahlambi says the educator came to the marking centre on the 6th and 7th of January.
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"In the morning she reported to be ill, she then passed on at the hospital. The education department passes on their condolences to the bereaved family and the entire department," he says.
It follows another coronavirus-related death of a marker in Estcourt over the weekend.
Teacher's union, SADTU has called for the rapid testing of teachers marking matric exam papers in KZN.
