More than 2 million healthcare and public safety professionals, and their families, could be infected.
A note from the Ministry of Health, signed on Wednesday the 8th, considers that 15% of healthcare professionals, public safety personnel, and their families have the possibility of developing Covid-19. This 15% equates to 2.028.138 people.
247 - A technical note signed on Wednesday, the 8th, by the Secretary of Health Surveillance, Wanderson de Oliveira, of the Ministry of Health, estimates that more than 2 million health professionals, public safety personnel, and family members of these professionals could be infected by the coronavirus. The ministry emphasizes the need to test these professionals.
However, so far, the ministry has only distributed 500 rapid tests for detecting the virus, even though it promised that millions of tests would be distributed by the end of March.
“In the official document, Wanderson and three other directors, a coordinator, and a secretary from the Ministry of Health consider that 15% of healthcare professionals, public safety personnel, and their families have a possibility of developing Covid-19. This 15% equates to 2.028.138 people,” he states. reporter of the Globe.
The percentage reported by the ministry is lower than that detected by a study from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), which found among public health professionals in Rio a... coronavirus infection rate of 25%.