[LilFarmer]

ITALY

THE CASE OF DOCTORS IN QUARANTINE

The Veneto Governor’s statements today, March 6. Since the beginning of the Coronavirus emergency - he explains - about 450 health workers in the Veneto have been in quarantine. Almost all (doctors, nurses and operators) tested negative for the swab and showed no symptoms, but as they came into contact with infected patients, the Ministry of Health ordered fiduciary home isolation for 14 days. ‘A real madness: at this rate we risk having to close the wards’, is the alarm by Professor Andrea Crisanti, director of the Microbiology and Virology operating unit of the Padua Hospital, supported by the governor himself.

https://www.ilgazzettino.it/nordest/primopiano/coronavirus_zaia_non_siamo_paese_di_infettati-5094821.html

[abigkahuna]

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[cgbg]

This Italian move is one that is too draconian imho—if a doctor (or nurse or technician) tests negative, put them to work!

The risk/reward payoff should be there.

[GulfMan]

Once nice thing however about staggering health care workers for 14 day quarantines is that they continue to come back to work healthy. However, there is the chance that if the system gets so bad they could refuse to come into work, including nurses and doctors