Healthcare worker infections and deaths due to COVID-19: A survey from 37 nations and a call for WHO to post national data on their website

Affiliations

Hakan Erdem et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan:102:239-241.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.10.064. Epub 2020 Oct 29.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Doctors; HCW; Health-care workers; Mortality; Nurses.

Comment in

Letter to Editor in response to Dr. Gupta.
Erdem H, Lucey DR. Erdem H, et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Mar;104:670. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.01.052. Epub 2021 Jan 29. Int J Infect Dis. 2021. PMID: 33524619 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Why are COVID-19 fatality rates among medical doctors higher than those among medical nurses?
Gupta D. Gupta D. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Mar;104:592-593. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.01.050. Epub 2021 Jan 29. Int J Infect Dis. 2021. PMID: 33524621 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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