Healthcare workers hospitalized due to COVID-19 have no higher risk of death than general population. Data from the Spanish SEMI-COVID-19 Registry.
Jesús Díez ManglanoMarta Nataya Solís-MarquínezAndrea Álvarez GarcíaNicolás Alcalá-RiveraIrene Maderuelo RiescoMartín Gericó AseguinolazaJosé Luis Beato PérezManuel Méndez BailónAne-Elbire Labirua-Iturburu RuizMiriam García GómezCarmen Martínez CillerosPaula María Pesqueira FontanLucy Abella VázquezJulio César Blázquez EncinarRamón BoixedaRicardo Gil SánchezAndrés de la Peña FernándezJosé Loureiro AmigoJoaquín Escobar SevillaMarcos Guzmán GarciaMaría Dolores Martín EscalanteJeffrey Oskar Magallanes GamboaÁngel Luis Martínez GonzálezCarlos Lumbreras BermejoJuan Miguel Anton Santosnull nullPublished in: PloS one (2021)
Hospitalized COVID-19 HCW had fewer comorbidities and a better prognosis than NHCW. Our results suggest that professional exposure to COVID-19 in HCW does not carry more clinical severity nor mortality.