Wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) isn’t enough to completely eliminate the threat from Covid-19 for frontline workers, according to an article on the KTLA5 website.
A new study from King’s College London, found that healthcare workers with adequate gloves, gowns and face masks still had 3.4 times the risk of contracting the coronavirus compared to the general population.
June data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said more than 60,000 healthcare workers have been infected, and close to 300 have died from COVID-19, according to an article on the NPR website.
Researchers found more than 2,700 cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 healthcare workers compared with more than 240 cases per 100,000 among the general population.
Minority workers have an even greater risk, the study said. Minority care providers were five times more likely to contract Covid-19 than white colleagues.
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