Case report offers insight into clinical protection from COVID-19

41 healthcare workers unknowingly exposed to an infected patient have tested negative to coronavirus
Mask and hand hygiene

A reassuring case report suggests doctors can be protected from coronavirus through the use of surgical masks, hand hygiene and other standard infection-control measures.

Clinicians from the Changi General Hospital in Singapore tracked 41 healthcare workers exposed to aerosol-generating procedures while treating a patient not yet diagnosed with COVID-19.