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

Author(s) -

James G. Adams,

Ron M. Walls

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

jama

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688

H-Index - 680

eISSN - 1538-3598

pISSN - 0098-7484

DOI - 10.1001/jama.2020.3972

Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , workforce , pandemic , health care , betacoronavirus , coronavirus infections , coronavirus , medline , disease , medical emergency , environmental health , family medicine , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economic growth , pathology , political science , law , economics

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.

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