{"title":"Predictors of COVID-19 infection among health care workers in Harare City, Zimbabwe, 2021","authors":"Talent Bvochora, Hilda Bara, Addmore Chadambuka, Tsitsi Juru, Mujinga Karakadzai, Prosper Chonzi, Notion Gombe, Mufuta Tshimanga","doi":"10.11604/pamj.2023.46.76.34014","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: preventing COVID-19 infection among health workers maintains the health system capacity and reduces secondary transmission. Of 506 health workers tested for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in Harare City between December 2020 and February 2021 (second wave), 128 (25%) tested positive, affecting service delivery. We investigated factors associated with COVID-19 infection and described breakthrough infections among health workers.","PeriodicalId":131455,"journal":{"name":"The Pan African Medical Journal","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Pan African Medical Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.46.76.34014","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Introduction: preventing COVID-19 infection among health workers maintains the health system capacity and reduces secondary transmission. Of 506 health workers tested for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in Harare City between December 2020 and February 2021 (second wave), 128 (25%) tested positive, affecting service delivery. We investigated factors associated with COVID-19 infection and described breakthrough infections among health workers.