A group of frontline workers employed during the COVID-19 pandemic staged a protest in front of the Health Directorate, urging the authorities to extend their employment contracts beyond December. 

The workers, saying that they served under "uncertain conditions" for the past four years, expressed concerns over their livelihood.

ASM Shahjahan, one of the protesters, said, "In 2020, during the peak of the COVID crisis, we were hired on three-month contracts that were repeatedly extended. Now, after four years of service, we're being told our jobs will end in December. We've worked under extreme uncertainty, and now we face unemployment. We've heard the positions will remain but with reduced staff. All we ask is to keep our jobs."