id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-269553-d3hozs14 Khan, Suliman The spread of novel coronavirus has created an alarming situation worldwide 2020-04-30 .txt text/plain 1491 83 48 The COVID-19 epidemic became a serious challenge for the healthcare authorities, scientific community, and the infections controlling agencies across China, in terms of spread, treatment, and prevention. In the current scenario of the outbreak in Wuhan, healthcare workers are at the highest risk of contracting an infection. This indicates that a large number of medical staffs is suspected to have contracted the infection and their confirmation may create an alarming situation for healthcare authorities. Therefore, the increasing numbers of infected and suspected doctors and nurses are creating an additional significant shortage of working medical staff, thus, increasing an additional working and mental pressure on the normal health workers [6] . The medical staff resisted to provide treatment services to the suspected individual, fearing the possible transmission of the infection. Beside this, hospitals in developing or underdeveloped countries should be equipped on urgent basis for providing effective services to the individuals infected by novel coronavirus. ./cache/cord-269553-d3hozs14.txt ./txt/cord-269553-d3hozs14.txt