Supporting the Health Care Workforce During the COVID-19 Global Epidemic.

By James G. Adams, R. Walls. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2020

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to spread internationally. Worldwide, more than 100 000 cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2) and more than 3500 deaths have been reported. COVID-19 is thought to have higher mortality than seasonal influenza, even as wide variation is reported. While the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates global mortality at 3.4\\%, South Korea has noted mortality of about 0.6\\%.Vaccine development and research into medical treatment for COVID-19 are under way, but are many months away. Meanwhile, the pressure on the global health care workforce continues to intensify. This pressure takes 2 forms. The first is the potentially overwhelming burden of illnesses that stresses health system capacity and the second is the adverse effects on health care workers, including the risk of infection.

Subfields: Emergency Medical Services, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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A Practical Approach to the Management of Cancer Patients During the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19) Pandemic: An International Collaborative Group (2020, background): “To minimize occupational exposure to the virus and reduce the risk of nosocomial transmission, provision of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers and rigorous application of infection prevention and control measures in health care facilities is mandatory [48, 49].”
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