Problems of Healthcare Professionals in COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

As is known, the Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has started in China in November-December 2019 and then spread to the whole world (1). It was declared as an international public health emergency by The World Health Organization (WHO) on January 30, 2020, and later described as a pandemic (2). The disease has spread all over the world in a very short time. Of the patients, 28.5% were in Asia, 24.1% in North America, 23.7% in Europe, 19.8% in South America, and 3.7% in Africa. In our country, the first patient was announced in March, and the first death on March 18.