In-hospital outcomes of SARS-CoV-2-infected health care workers in the COVID-19 pandemic first wave, Quebec, Canada.

Ilyse DarwishLuke B HarrisonAna Maria Passos-CastilhoAnnie-Claude LabbéSapha BarkatiMe-Linh LuongLing Yuan KongMarc-Antoine Tutt-GuéretteJames KieransCécile RousseauAndrea BenedettiLaurent AzoulayChristina Greenaway

Published in: PloS one (2022)

Immigrant HCW were particularly exposed to COVID-19 infection in the first wave of the pandemic in Quebec. Despite being young and healthy, one third of all HCW required ICU admission, highlighting the importance of preventing workplace transmission through strong infection prevention and control measures, including high COVID-19 vaccination coverage.

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