key: cord-284782-51mbq7qb
authors: Huang, Jing; Liu, Fangkun; Teng, Ziwei; Chen, Jindong; Zhao, Jingping; Wang, Xiaoping; Wu, Renrong
title: Care for the psychological status of frontline medical staff fighting against COVID-19
date: 2020-04-03
journal: Clin Infect Dis
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa385
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doc_id: 284782
cord_uid: 51mbq7qb

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According to preliminary estimates, there were more than 80,000 medical workers in 131 COVID-19 designated hospitals, more than 170,000 medical workers in Hubei province fighting against COVID-19. Besides, a total of 6, 097 medical workers from different provinces in China were in Hubei province to assist in the COVID-19 by Jan 30, 2020 2 . More medical teams were then sent out to the hardest-hit areas in Hubei province, including rescue and medical teams from different provinces, the army medical teams, specialized doctors and nurses' teams, and emergency medical teams from different hospitals. For example, the emergency medical team from the Second Xiangya Hospital is able to set up field hospitals and ambulances to help and serve the With the increasing spreading of the virus worldwide, COVID-19 outbreak is now becoming a pandemic. While there are many challenges and struggles with COVID-19, we know that we are engaged and prepared for the fight. With the huge efforts of mental health care for medical professionals, patients and others affected by the outbreak, we hope this can bring courage, confidence, and willpower to these fighters, and the resulting the end the outbreak comes soon.

None of the authors has any potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

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