Upper respiratory tract infection with new COVID-19 coronavirus infection and aspects of occupational pathology examination

• Published in: Vestnik otorinolaringologii Vol. 85; no. 6; p. 78
• Main Authors: Pankova, V B, Serebryakov, P V, Fedina, I N, Bomshteyn, N G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Russia (Federation) 2020
• Subjects: Coronavirus; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; COVID-19; Humans; Russia - epidemiology; SARS-CoV-2; Russia; occupational pathology examination; coronovirus infection; upper respiratory tract
• ISSN: 0042-4668
• DOI: 10.17116/otorino20208506178

The article discusses the issues of a new coronovirus infection CAVID-19, which suddenly appeared from the end of January 2020. in China and actively, widely spread around the world. The SARS-CoV virus is assigned to group II pathogenicity. The entrance gate of the pathogen is the epithelium of the VDP and epithelial cells of the stomach and intestines. The main source of infection is a sick person who transmits SARS-CoV-2 by airborne droplets and contact. There is a high risk of developing epidemic foci CAVID-19 in medical institutions in case of violation of sanitary and anti-epidemic regime and the risk of epidemic foci in groups of organizations with non-compliance with infection prevention measures. On the basis of the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated may 06. 2020 №313 of the Ministry of health of the Russian Federation, together with the FSS and Rospotrebnadzor, additional insurance guarantees are provided to doctors, middle and Junior medical personnel of medical organizations, drivers of ambulances who work directly with patients who have confirmed the presence of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19). Insurance cases, when a one-time insurance payment is made, are persistent loss of working capacity by a medical worker as a result of complications after a previous illness caused by a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), confirmed by laboratory research methods, if the disease occurred during the performance of their work duties.