Healthcare workers should be screened for fever and respiratory symptoms at the beginning of their shifts, researchers said in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Between Feb. 12 and April 9, 315,531 U.S. cases of COVID-19 were reported to the CDC, including 49,370 (16%) that included data on whether patients worked in healthcare. Among the 9,282 healthcare personnel in that group, 55% reported contact with a COVID-19 patient only in healthcare settings, 27% said they had contact only at home and 13% reported likely contact in the community.
