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COVID-19 infection outbreak among health care workers: perspective from a low-middle income country

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13 July 2020
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COVID-19 - Collection of articles on the Coronavirus outbreak

Abstract

To the Editor,

The new pandemic COVID -19 caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a global threat. So far, more than 11 million infections and more than five hundred thousand deaths have been reported worldwide. In India the number of cases as of 5th July, 2020 is 6,73,165 with 19,268 deaths. Health care workers (HCWs) have been the backbone of this pandemic since the very beginning...

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