Deaths from COVID-19 in Italian Healthcare Workers – What Can We Learn?

Author(s)
Lapolla, P. Mingoli, A. & Lee, R.
Publication language
English
Pages
4pp
Date published
15 May 2020
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (online)
Type
Articles
Keywords
Assessment & Analysis, Epidemics & pandemics, Health, System-wide performance, COVID-19
Organisations
University of Cambridge
Link
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/BDA8BA987868E2B86B50F0D070496827/S0899823X2000241Xa.pdf/

This letter examines healthcare worker deaths by category and medical speciality during the COVID-19 emergency in Italy, and underlines factors that may have contributed to the elevated number of fatalities among healthcare personnel. These data are now available because Italy was the first western country to be severely affected. These are matters for urgent discussion as development goes forward.

Authors: 
Lapolla, P. Mingoli, A. & Lee, R.