Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Workers

Abstract

Since its origin in the Wuhan province in China in December 2019, the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) has impacted 213 countries and as of August 8, 2020, there have been 19,187,943 cases and 716,075 deaths due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide. In the United States alone, there have been more than 160,000 deaths due to COVID-19. The pandemic has impacted people of all age groups, socioeconomic status, and industrial sectors, although the healthcare workers, who are on the frontlines, have been particularly impacted hard.