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Hospital employees sidelined by COVID-19 or at risk of contracting it represent "one of the great vulnerabilities of our healthcare system in an epidemic like this," an ER physician told The Washington Post. 

Ten states and Washington, D.C., have policies on paid sick leave, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis. 

While companies across the U.S. implement work-from-home policies to help combat the spread of COVID-19, UnitedHealth Group has instructed its employees who aren't sick, high-risk or facing other obstacles to go to work, according to The Washington Post.

Hospitals have canceled or suspended hiring efforts due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, states have stepped in to increase staffing as needed at healthcare facilities. 

Hospital employees are among the confirmed cases of COVID-19. Here are U.S. hospitals or other US healthcare sites where employees have tested positive during the pandemic. 

As hospitals across the country prepare for the coronavirus, those in the hardest hit areas including Seattle, are experiencing staffing challenges due to the spread of the virus and cities closing their schools.

New York state is tapping former physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals to step in amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. 

The number of U.S. job openings related to the coronavirus pandemic tripled in one week, according to a study by job and recruiting site Glassdoor.   

Large employers are implementing special sick-time benefits to their workers amid the new coronavirus pandemic, The Wall Street Journal reported.