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This study was\u00a0conducted\u00a0to estimate the incidence of self-reported COVID-19 infection among physicians and its possible associated factors.\u00a0\n                    <ns3:bold>Methods:<\/ns3:bold>\n                    \u00a0An online\u00a0national\u00a0survey\u00a0using\u00a0Survey Monkey\u00a0was initiated\u00a0to\u00a0collect sociodemographic\u00a0e.g.\u00a0age and sex, occupational\u00a0e.g.\u00a0place and duration of work,\u00a0and\u00a0clinical data\u00a0e.g.\u00a0COVID symptoms and laboratory\u00a0investigations,\u00a0and\u00a0to\u00a0describe affected physicians' diagnoses.\u00a0Results:\u00a0The self-reported incidence of COVID-19 infection was found to be 65.4% among studied physicians. The significant independent predictors of COVID-19 infection\u00a0were\u00a0 smoking,\u00a0working as a\u00a0frontline\u00a0physician, having contact with a COVID-19\u00a0case, and\u00a0working for less than ten years [ARR (95% CI): 3.0(1.6-5.7), 2.3(1.4-3.8), 2.1(1.2-3.6), and 1.8(1.2-2.9); respectively].\u00a0\n                    <ns3:bold>Conclusions:<\/ns3:bold>\n                    \u00a0The incidence of COVID-19 infection among Egyptian physicians is relatively high.\u00a0Smoking, being a frontline physician, having contact with a COVID-19 case, and working for less than 10 years are all factors associated with an increased risk of infection.\u00a0There should be strict application of preventive measures, periodic screening for COVID-19 for early detection and isolation of infected HCWs together with effective vaccination.\n                  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