High impact of SARS‐CoV‐2 or COVID‐19 in the Honduran health personnel

Abstract

To the Editor, After more than half of 2020, the pandemic due to the coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) is causing a devastating impact around the world. 1 The first line of workers against COVID-19 is the health sector, which undoubtedly is the fundamental piece in this emergency. Studies conducted in China showed that 2.8% of the infected persons corresponded to health personnel, 2 a percentage that is currently higher in some Latin American countries, for example in Peru, 100 days after the state of emergency reported a fatality rate of 3.5% among doctors. 3,4 In Honduras, on August 5, 2020, the platform "Everyone Against COVID-19" released a report of the prevalence of COVID-19 in health personnel. According to this report, the National Emergency Coordinating Committee (SINAGER) had reported 45,098 positive cases of which 2542 (5.6%) correspond to health personnel, a percentage higher than Abbreviation: rt-PCR, real-time polymerase chain reaction. Source: rt-PCR tests carried out by the LNV-UVS-SESAL, until July 30, 2020. guarantee the good psychological status of employees. 6 More studies, on the impact of COVID-19 in healthcare workers, especially in Latin America, are needed. 4

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