A propósito da amaeça do coronavirus (e ou riscos de epidemias de doenças transmissiveis) destaco três links de notícias.
1. A primeira inclui relato de caso
Um médico chinês, de 62 anos, entrou na lista de vítimas fatais do coronavírus enquanto tratava pacientes na cidade de Wuhan, na China.
https://renovamidia.com.br/morre-medico-chines-na-linha-de-frente-do-combate-ao-coronavirus/
2. a segunda é link para artigo do The Lancet, de 2014, de Andrew Green que me foi repassado pela Dra Márcia Bandini
Remembering health workers who died from Ebola in 2014
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"The Ebola outbreak in west Africa has had a devastating effect on health workers in the three countries most
affected by the virus. Of the nearly 17 000 cases of Ebola virus disease in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, at least 600 have been among health-care providers. More than half of them have died. The outbreak has also claimed the lives of doctors, nurses, and technicians from Mali, Nigeria, Spain, and the USA.
The risk of death from Ebola has not been limited to the teams who staff Ebola treatment and care centres, since infected patients travel to any health centre or clinic they can reach. The outbreak has left health workers across all three countries at risk of infection. Many of the doctors who have died in Liberia and Sierra Leone were not directly involved in the response, but simply providing routine health care, often to underserved populations. There will be lasting consequences in the aff ected countries. Offi cials lament that the Ebola outbreak has reversed gains in health-care provision in Liberia and Sierra Leone, both of which are still emerging from civil wars. “During the early stage of the outbreak, everything, especially the health system, was immensely hit in different areas”, said Saye Dahn Baawo, the Liberian Ministry of Health’s Assistant Minister for Curative Services. He pointed to declines in health indicators such as immunisation rates as health facilities closed and health workers fell sick or left their posts. Guinea’s Government has even requested that doctors come out of retirement to shore up the country’s response. Each country has lost doctors who also worked as medical teachers; their deaths are a loss to the next generation of health workers. The individuals featured here are just some of the health professionals who died from Ebola in 2014. We pay tribute to their contribution. [...]
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3. O terceiro link é para conteúdos disponibilizados na página da OSHA, EUA a propósito da ameaça do coronavirus. Destaque para orientações de prevenção a serem adotadas nos serviços de saúde. A maioria úteis neste caso e em situações assemelhadas
2019 Novel Coronavirus Overview
This webpage provides information for workers and employers about the evolving coronavirus outbreak first identified in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. The information includes links to interim guidance and other resources for preventing exposures to, and infections with, 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Chinese authorities identified the new coronavirus, which has resulted in confirmed human infections in China and exported cases outside of China, including in the United States, Thailand, Japan, and South Korea. China also has reported spread of the virus from infected patients to healthcare workers.
There is no evidence of ongoing transmission of 2019-nCoV in the United States at this time. Without sustained human-to-human transmission, most American workers are not at significant risk of infection. However, workers involved in airline operations (including cabin crewmembers), healthcare (including clinical laboratory personnel), and border protection may have exposure to travelers infected with the virus in China or other affected areas. Business travelers from the United States who visit areas abroad where the virus is spreading may also be at some risk of exposure.
There is much more to learn about the transmissibility, severity, and other features associated with 2019-nCoV as the outbreak investigation continues. Based on how other similar viruses spread, infected people may be able to spread the 2019-nCoV through their respiratory secretions, especially when they cough or sneeze. Previous outbreaks of coronavirus have been associated with spread from ill people to others through close contact, such as caring for or living with an infected person.
Employers and workers should consult interim CDC guidance specific to 2019-nCoV, along with existing resources for other coronaviruses, such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), for precautions appropriate for this similar virus.
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