EGREE OF LOSS OF PROFESSIONAL ABILITY TO WORK FOR MEDICAL WORKERS BASED ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION

The new coronavirus infection COVID-19 has posed a number of serious challenges not only for the Russian state, but also for the medical community. At the same time, doctors who are at the forefront of the fight against the pandemic can be safely attributed to the most affected professional group in all respects. The medical community had to not only promptly respond to new challenges, but also resolve issues related to the protection, health restoration and social protection of its own members. Specialists working in the social sphere also found themselves in an equally difficult situation. Measures taken at the state level to organize insurance, social protection and support for medical and social workers allowed us to maintain the human potential of the medical and social sphere. One of the most important links in the process of providing victims as a result of contact with coronavirus infection in the line of duty is a medical and social examination, on the decisions of which not only the possibility of receiving the types of state social assistance due, but also the volume and quality of the rehabilitation measures carried out depends largely. In the article, the authors consider the methodological foundations of medical and social expertise in coronavirus infection and the principles of determining the degree of disability and the appointment of rehabilitation measures, an overview of the main state social protection measures in relation to medical and social workers is given.