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Editor, Senior Moderator
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Mar 5:1-4. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.60. [Epub ahead of print] [h=1]Protecting Chinese Healthcare Workers While Combating the 2019 Novel Coronavirus.[/h]
Zhou P[SUP]1[/SUP], Huang Z[SUP]2[/SUP], Xiao Y[SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3[/SUP], Huang X[SUP]1[/SUP], Fan XG[SUP]2[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Hospital-associated transmission is an important route of spreading the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection and pneumonia (Corona Virus Disease 2019, COVID-19) [1]. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at high risk while combating COVID-19 at the very frontline, and nosocomial outbreaks among HCWs are not unusual in similar settings; the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak led to over 966 HCW infections with 1.4% deaths in mainland China [2]. As of 11 February 2020, 3019 HCWs might have been infected with 2019-nCov in China, 1716 HCW cases were confirmed by nucleic acid testing[3], and at least 6 HCWs died, including the famous whistleblower Dr Li Wenliang. In view of this severe situation, we are recommending urgent interventions to help to protect HCWs.
PMID: 32131906 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.60
Zhou P[SUP]1[/SUP], Huang Z[SUP]2[/SUP], Xiao Y[SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3[/SUP], Huang X[SUP]1[/SUP], Fan XG[SUP]2[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Hospital-associated transmission is an important route of spreading the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection and pneumonia (Corona Virus Disease 2019, COVID-19) [1]. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at high risk while combating COVID-19 at the very frontline, and nosocomial outbreaks among HCWs are not unusual in similar settings; the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak led to over 966 HCW infections with 1.4% deaths in mainland China [2]. As of 11 February 2020, 3019 HCWs might have been infected with 2019-nCov in China, 1716 HCW cases were confirmed by nucleic acid testing[3], and at least 6 HCWs died, including the famous whistleblower Dr Li Wenliang. In view of this severe situation, we are recommending urgent interventions to help to protect HCWs.
PMID: 32131906 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.60