PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF PHYSICIANS AND NURSES DURING THE NEW CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Fernanda Manuela Pereira Amaral, Vinícius Viana Gomes and *Julio Cesar Pinto de Souza Brazil ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT The object of this research was the Burnout Syndrome (SB), a psychopathology triggered from a psychosocial phenomenon that is associated with stressors in the work environment. This research aimed to discuss the Burnout syndrome in medical professionals and nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic. This is a systematic literature review with a qualitative approach, carried out by articles published in the Capes and Scielo databases, published between 2017 and 2021. The survey results show that during the pandemic period, there was a great lack of materials and equipment in the hospital context, providing the psychological illness of health professionals who are in the front line in the fight against COVID-19, with an extensive demand due to the increase in patients, causing the worsening of the emotional condition of these professionals, which caused emotional exhaustion, triggering Burnout Syndrome. It was observed that there is a propensity of health professionals to be removed from the work they developed in the hospital context due to the involvement of BS. Copyright © 2021, Fernanda Manuela Pereira Amaral et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. INTRODUCTION The Covid 19 pandemic has been a challenge for workers around the world, especially for health professionals who, unlike other areas, did not work at home, were called to work on the "frontline" of combating COVID-19, where, in addition to facing an unknown virus, they had to deal with long working hours, lack of equipment and medicines as well as physical and mental exhaustion (Fernandes et al., 2020). Given all the challenges faced by health professionals during the pandemic period, the danger of being exposed to the virus is also attributed. All these stressors wore out doctors and nurses, triggering the mental illness of many of these professionals. Among the consequences of this wear, one stood out for removing these health professionals from their work and for being increasingly present in these professionals, the Burnout Syndrome (Halbesleben; Buckley, 2004). Burnout is a syndrome still unknown to many people, considering that little is said about the subject. Moura et al. (2020, p. 2) states that the term burnout is defined, according to English jargon, as that which stopped working due to an absolute lack of energy, metaphorically it is that, or that which has reached its limit. Burnout Syndrome does not exclusively affect health professionals. As it is associated with a decrease in the quality of their work, it is understood that a health professional, in a period of global pandemic, must be well enough to perform their tasks quickly and correctly, otherwise they will not be able to care for and treat satisfactorily, your patient. The Burnout Syndrome in health professionals can, therefore, negatively affect patients from uncertainties and concerns about the treatment and clinical picture, aggravating the patient's suffering (Perniciotti et al., 2020). Given the scenario presented by the pandemic, this research aimed to discuss the Burnout syndrome in medical professionals and nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic. For this, the structure of the health system was initially addressed to meet the demands that arose in the Pandemic and, subsequently, the role of doctors and nurses at this time. The last discussion topic addresses doctors and nurses who acquired Burnout syndrome, addressing its factors and consequences. This work is relevant when it comes to informing about the psychological suffering of a group of professionals who worked, and are still working, on the "frontline" in the fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic and, at times, was affected by emotional exhaustion , making them unable to continue their work activities. It is also understood that this research presents information that serves as a warning to the precariousness of our health system, sensitizing authorities to re-examine existing public policies and prioritizing health in the various health spaces, components of the Unified Health System. METHODOLOGY This research is a systematic review of bibliographic procedure and qualitative approach. The data survey was carried out from research on Capes and Scielo platforms, in June 2021. For the limitation and search for publications on the topic, the following descriptors were ISSN: 2230-9926 International Journal of Development Research Vol. 11, Issue, 11, pp. 51854-51857, November, 2021 https://doi.org/10.37118/ijdr.23132.11.2021 Article History: Received 16 th August, 2021 Received in revised form 12 th September, 2021 Accepted 14 th October, 2021 Published online 28 th November, 2021 Available online at http://www.journalijdr.com Citation: Fernanda Manuela Pereira Amaral, Vinícius Viana Gomes and Julio Cesar Pinto de Souza. “Physical illness of physicians and nurses during the new coronavirus pandemic”, International Journal of Development Research, 11, (11), 51854-51857. RESEARCH ARTICLE OPEN ACCESS Key Words: Burnout Syndrome; COVID-19, Doctors, Nurses, Psychic Illness. *Corresponding author: Julio Souza