COVID-19 infection outbreak among health care workers: perspective from a low-middle income country

Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2020 Jul 13;90(3). doi: 10.4081/monaldi.2020.1474.

Abstract

To the Editor, The new pandemic COVID -19 caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a global threat. So far, more than 11 million infections and more than five hundred thousand deaths have been reported worldwide. In India the number of cases as of 5th July, 2020 is 6,73,165 with 19,268 deaths. Health care workers (HCWs) have been the backbone of this pandemic since the very beginning...

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology
  • Cross Infection / transmission
  • Cross Infection / virology
  • Developing Countries* / statistics & numerical data
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Health Personnel / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • India / epidemiology
  • Nurses / statistics & numerical data
  • Pandemics
  • Physicians / statistics & numerical data
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
  • SARS-CoV-2