COVID-19 in Australian health care workers: early experience of the Royal Melbourne Hospital emphasises the importance of community acquisition

Stephen Muhi; Louis B Irving; Kirsty L Buising

doi:10.5694/mja2.50664

COVID-19 in Australian health care workers: early experience of the Royal Melbourne Hospital emphasises the importance of community acquisition

Med J Aust. 2020 Jul;213(1):44-44.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50664. Epub 2020 Jun 11.

Authors

Stephen Muhi¹, Louis B Irving², Kirsty L Buising^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.
² Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.
³ University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Community acquired infections; Disease transmission, infectious; Infection control; Infectious diseases; Prevention and control; Respiratory tract infections; Virus diseases.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Australia
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control*
Health Personnel / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Medical Staff, Hospital / statistics & numerical data
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
SARS-CoV-2