Europe Increasing healthcare worker infection Urgent need to ease burden on medical sites March 31 6:48
In Europe, a growing number of healthcare workers are infected with the new coronavirus, further increasing the burden on healthcare professionals in dealing with the rapidly increasing number of patients. In Spain, where the number of infected people exceeds that of China, 14% of infected people are healthcare workers, and the government is considering measures to move patients to areas where infection is relatively low.
In Spain, the number of people infected with the new coronavirus increased by about 6,400 to 85,195 on the 30th, the third highest after the United States and Italy, surpassing China.
According to the Spanish government, 12,298 people, or 14% of infected people, are healthcare professionals, particularly in Madrid, where the spread is severe, and in the northeastern Catalonia.
In these areas, the number of seriously ill patients is increasing, while the number of medical personnel is decreasing, and the burden on medical sites is increasing rapidly.
In response, Spain's health minister, Ija, said on Thursday that she was considering ways to reduce the burden on the site by moving severely ill patients to a hospital in a relatively unaffected area. Revealed.
Even in Italy, the country with the highest number of deaths, the number of infections of healthcare workers has risen to nearly 9,000 as of 30th, and according to a summary of the Medical Association, 63 doctors have been infected and died so far. is.
The Federation of Medical Associations issued a statement Tuesday calling on the government to provide medical masks to all physicians and to regularly test physicians for viruses. .