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SUBMITTER: Villanueva AMG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7470521 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Villanueva Annavi Marie G AMG Lazaro Jezreel J Sayo Ana Ria AR Myat Han Su S Ukawa Tatsuya T Suzuki Shuichi S Takaya Saho S Telan Elizabeth E Solante Rontgene R Ariyoshi Koya K Smith Chris C
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20200901 3
COVID-19 is an emerging disease threatening the lives of patients and healthcare workers (HCWs) alike. In this article, we present initial results of COVID-19 screening performed among the hospital staff of an infectious diseases referral hospital in Manila, the Philippines. Of 324 HCWs tested, eight were positive; only one was exposed to COVID-19 patients, whereas seven others belonged to two different departments. Routine screening of hospital staff is invaluable for the safety of the HCWs and ...[more]