COVID‑19: Ratio of Occurrence in General People and Medical Personnel, an Observation from the Second Country that Disease Emerged

Dear Editor, COVID‑19 is an important new emerging infection. This new coronavirus infection can cause severe respiratory illness and death. The disease first emerged in China then Thailand and many countries.[1,2] The disease can attack people at any age group. Some occupations might have high risk to get infections. The examples of those occupations are tourist bus driver, taxi driver, and medical personnel. As a new disease, the data on the incidence of disease among risk occupation risk limited. Here, the authors summarize the local data on COVID‑19 from Thailand, the second country that disease exists and spread.[3] This is the first report regarding the specific rate of infection among medical personnel.