Botswana Nurses Union (BONU) President Obonolo Rahube says nurses will not appeal the decision by the High court to throw out its urgent application in the case where nurses wanted to force government to prioritise their welfare as frontline workers in fighting COVID-19. Gaborone High Court Judge, Godfrey Radijeng thew out with costs the urgent application, through which BONU was seeking government to provide nurses in screening COVID-19 with Protective Personal Equipment (PPEs) amongst others. In interview with The Patriot on Sunday late Friday, Rahube said the union had hped that the court will grant them relief by ordering that government to offer necessary support to nurses. He declared that for BONU to lose the matter with costs demonstrates that their prospects of succeeding should they appeal the case will be minimal. “We have tried our best in fighting for the welfare of the nurses as frontline soldiers in the fight against COVID-19. We wanted government to provide us with all necessities such as PPEs, food, accommodation and isolation centers for nurses but high court thrown our case,” Rahube said. In addition, he urged the nurses to focus and not be demotivated by the high court ruling saying that their…