Open Access<p>Outbreak and Regression of COVID-19 Epidemic Among Chinese Medical Staff</p>
Author(s) -
Na Li,
Xiang Yu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s268178
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , government (linguistics) , outbreak , china , personal protective equipment , medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , coronavirus , medical emergency , environmental health , disease , geography , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , computer science , telecommunications , archaeology , linguistics , philosophy
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) broke out first in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. In the process of controlling the pandemic, many Chinese medical staff (MS) were infected. We used government data, post mortem reports, and the medical literature on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission, as well as prevention-and-control guidelines from the government, hospitals and media, to discuss the main risks factors faced by MS. We suggest that, when dealing with a similar pandemic in the future, guidance on personal protective equipment must be provided and materials reserved in advance. Also, the emergency response of medical institutions should be enhanced, and information shared with other countries facing identical severe challenges.