Intranational differences in the case fatality rates for COVID-19 among Peruvian physicians

Abstract

Peru is currently one of the most affected countries in Latin America and worldwide because of the COVID-19 pandemic, in terms of the number of infections and people who have died (Ministry of Health of Peru, 2020; Johns Hopkins University of Medicine, 2020). Unfortunately, physicians and other healthcare workers (HCW) have been significantly affected since the beginning of the pandemic (Ollarves-Carrero et al., 2020). This letter analyses and discusses the impact of COVID-19 among Peruvian physicians, in terms of infected professionals and those who have died...