From the Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1085 Budapest, Üllői út 26, Hungary.
Department of Internal Medicine, Navitas Clinic Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
QJM. 2020 Oct 1;113(10):713-714. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcaa159.
Under the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the deaths of healthcare professionals have been increasingly reported worldwide. We performed a cross-sectional, observational study using news reports on the websites among selected countries as of April 2020. We found 120 dead medical doctors due to COVID-19 in Western Europe and Asia-Pacific countries; 67 in Italy (47 in the Northern part), 34 in China (22 in Hubei), 6 in France, 4 in the UK, the USA and Spain and 1 in South Korea, respectively. Among them, 90% were men, and specialties were reported as general practitioners for 30% and as physicians for 11.6%. The overall proportions of dead medical doctors amounted to 1.9 per 10 000 confirmed cases and 30.2 per 10 000 dead cases, respectively. Proactive measures are warranted to protect doctors especially who often encounters with COVID-19 patients.
在 2019 冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行下，全球有愈来愈多医护人员的死亡案例被报导。我们针对截至 2020 年 4 月选定国家网站上的新闻报导，进行了一项跨领域观察性研究。我们发现西欧和亚太国家共有 120 位因 COVID-19 而死亡的医师；其中 67 位在义大利（北部 47 位）、34 位在中国（湖北 22 位）、6 位在法国、4 位在英国、美国和西班牙，以及 1 位在南韩。当中，90%为男性，专科别则有 30%为一般科医师和 11.6%为内科医师。每 10000 位确诊病例中有 1.9 位死亡医师，而每 10000 位死亡病例中有 30.2 位死亡医师。有必要采取积极措施保护医生，特别是经常接触 COVID-19 患者的医生。
