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The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) causing the disease COVID-19 originated in Wuhan, China and has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. As of 25 March 2020, a total of 454,398 patients have been infected worldwide and 20,550 patients have died of the disease. The rapid global expansion of COVID-19 is due in part to its biology-i.e., the absence of immunity in the population, its attack rate, its ability to survive on surfaces and in droplets, and its incubation period, which allows for a high prevalence of subclinical yet contagious cases. Nevertheless, the pattern, speed, and duration of this pandemic also reflects the weaknesses in our global healthcare systems' infrastructure. A profound weakness unveiled by this pandemic is the vulnerability of front-line clinical healthcare providers. The Chinese National Health Commission acknowledged in February 2020 that at least 3.8% of the total infections in mainland China occurred in medical workers. This proportion is likely to rise as the epidemiology of the COVID-19 pandemic is studied further, particularly as healthcare worker infections are common during outbreaks. Healthcare-related spread of similar diseases

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Author

Meghan Prin; Karsten Bartels

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)