Clinical Profile of Healthcare Workers Affected by COVID-19 and its Outcome in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Jaipur, Rajasthan: An Observational Study

healthcare workers who tested positive for COVID-19 by RT-PCR in the time period between March 2020 and December 2020.HCWs who were infected with SARS COVID-19 in our tertiary care center in Jaipur, a questionnaire regarding questions about the age-group, the probable source of infection, symptom profile, CT value, CTSS score, duration of hospital stay, pre-exposure prophylaxis, vaccination if taken or planning to take, etc.The disease severity in symptomatic patients was classified as per WHO severity classification 1 : IntroductIonIn November 2020, a novel β-coronavirus called SARS coronavirus can cause mild diseases such as the common cold, while other severe respiratory viral diseases caused by them include the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).COVID-19 epidemic has progressed into a pandemic.The spectrum of the disease ranges from asymptomatic to severe life-threatening diseases.Mild disease with no pneumonia is the most common presentation noted in 81%, with the severe or critical disease in the remaining 19%.The effect of the virus on healthcare workers (HCWs) is immense, and being on the frontlines of this pandemic, they are one of the highest risk groups of exposure to infection.Several challenges are faced by HCWs, ranging from unavailability of personal protective equipment, drug scarcity in case of infection, unavailability of effective pre-exposure prophylaxis, and vaccine shortage.The detrimental effect on the mental health of this pandemic on HCWs is also huge, ranging from anxiety, depression to persistent stress.This study aims to evaluate the clinical and laboratory profile of COVID-19 infected HCWs at a tertiary care hospital in Jaipur, Rajasthan. MaterIals a n d MethodsThis is a single-center study conducted at Mahatma