Appropriate PPE is effective in preventing infection in healthcare professionals

A new study underlines the importance of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) and training for frontline health professionals to prevent Covid-19 infection. Despite being at high risk of exposure to Covid-19, frontline healthcare professionals who were appropriately protected did not contract infection or develop protective immunity against the virus, finds a study from China published by The BMJ. The researchers acknowledge that the healthcare professionals were working away from home, so had limited social interactions after work, which probably contributed to the absence of infection. But they say this does not affect their conclusion that appropriate PPE is effective in preventing