Protecting healthcare workers: A critical part of the COVID-19 response

L-G Bekker; S Delany-Moretlwe; B Biccard; L du Toit; L B Lovat; H-M Dehbi; R Moonesinghe; H Rees; M S Avidan

doi:10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i12.15048

Editorial

Protecting healthcare workers: A critical part of the COVID-19 response

L-G Bekker, S Delany-Moretlwe, B Biccard, L du Toit, L B Lovat, H-M Dehbi, R Moonesinghe, H Rees, M S Avidan

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Authors' affiliations

L-G Bekker, Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

S Delany-Moretlwe, Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

B Biccard, Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

L du Toit, Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

L B Lovat, Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, UK

H-M Dehbi, Comprehensive Clinical Trials Unit at UCL University College London, UK

R Moonesinghe, National Institute for Academic Anaesthesia, Health Services Research Centre and Associate National Clinical Director for Elective Care, National Health Service, UK

H Rees, Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

M S Avidan, Washington University, St Louis, USA