What is the best timing for health care workers infected with COVID-19 to return to work?

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: Jiancong.Wang@etu.unige.ch.
² Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
³ Dongguan Nosocomial Infection Control and Quality Improvement Centre, Dongguan city, Guangdong Province, China.

Comment

Jiancong Wang et al. Am J Infect Control. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;48(9):1128-1129.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.06.217. Epub 2020 Jul 3.

¹ Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: Jiancong.Wang@etu.unige.ch.
² Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
³ Dongguan Nosocomial Infection Control and Quality Improvement Centre, Dongguan city, Guangdong Province, China.

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Reasons for healthcare workers becoming infected with novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China.
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