Break the chain of COVID-19 transmission: Cardiologist Perspective

Budhi Setianto Purwowiyoto,Sidhi Laksono Purwowiyoto

doi:10.30701/ijc.1000

Abstract

Indonesia is currently suffering through a pandemic outbreak of severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) known as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Every day this infection raises double, health community is fighting COVID-19 with their armamentarium and policy. Indonesian Heart Association (IHA) has already issued the statement about cardiovascular services during the outbreak of COVID-19. The policy is rescheduling non urgent outpatient visits as necessary, social distancing strategy in outpatient clinic and using personal protective equipment (PPE) in outpatient clinic or during the cardiac examination (echocardiography, cardiac CT, electrophysiology and invasive cardiology). Most of international recommendations have recommended social distancing and reschedule non urgent visits. This document gives a general information about the prevention of COVID-19 in cardiology department.

Highlights

Deat Editor, The world, Indonesia, is currently suffering through a pandemic outbreak of severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2) known as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
The European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United Kingdom National Health Service and other international agencies around Asia, North America and most countries in the world have recommended policy such as social distancing to break the chain of COVID-19 transmission.[3,4]
This letter gives a general information about the prevention of COVID-19 in cardiology department

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Introduction

Deat Editor, The world, Indonesia, is currently suffering through a pandemic outbreak of severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2) known as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). COVID-19 is a newly recognized viral infectious disease that has spread rapidly throughout Wuhan, Hubei, China and several countries around the world.[1] Many countries in the world have developed several community policies to control and contain the outbreak. The United States (US) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gives advice to medical facilities to reschedule non-urgent outpatient visits.[2] The European CDC, United Kingdom National Health Service and other international agencies around Asia, North America and most countries in the world have recommended policy such as social distancing to break the chain of COVID-19 transmission.3,4

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