COVID-19 pandemic, its psychosocial impact on healthcare workers

The COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly has affected the global population in all aspects — the psychosocial health aspect being the most hard-hit field.

Health care providers are particularly vulnerable to emotional distress in the current pandemic, given their risk of exposure to the virus at their workplace, concern about infecting and caring for their family members, abysmal and conflicting decisions from higher authorities, shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE), and longer hectic work hours.