SARS-CoV-2 infection in medical trainees after bedside exposure at a teaching hospital in Zimbabwe: case report

Abstract

Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is predominantly a pneumonic illness caused by a novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). It has rapidly become a pandemic and has affected all facets of life with medical education not spared as well. We are presenting a case of a patient admitted with a pneumonia which turned out to be due to SARS-CoV-2 infection and subsequent transmission to exposed medical trainees. The impact of COVID-19 disease on medical education and different proposals on how medical education can proceed in the face of COVID-19 pandemic are discussed.