Implementation of a COVID-19 surveillance programme for healthcare workers in a teaching hospital in an upper-middle-income country

• Main Authors: Wan, Kim Sui, Tok, Peter Seah Keng, Yoga Ratnam, Kishwen Kanna, Aziz, Nuraini, Isahak, Marzuki, Ahmad Zaki, Rafdzah, Nik Farid, Nik Daliana, Hairi, Noran Naqiah, Rampal, Sanjay, Ng, Chiu Wan, Samsudin, Mohd Fauzy, Venugopal, Vinura, Asyraf, Mohammad, Damanhuri, Narisa Hatun, Doraimuthu, Sanpagavalli, Arumugam, Catherine Thamarai, Marthammuthu, Thaneswaran, Nawawi, Fathhullah Azmie, Baharudin, Faiz, Chong, Diane Woei Quan, Jayaraj, Vivek Jason, Magarita, Venna, Ponnampalavanar, Sasheela, Hasnan, Nazirah, Kamarulzaman, Adeeba, Said, Mas Ayu
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2021
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/25954/; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249394
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Introduction The reporting of Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) mortality among healthcare workers highlights their vulnerability in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Some low- and middleincome countries have highlighted the challenges with COVID-19 testing, such as inadequate capacity, untrained labo...