The National Engineering Policy Centre have produced a new interactive infographic - Ventilation Matters - why clean air is vital to health - exploring why effective ventilation indoors is important for enabling the health and wellbeing of people. Based on the NEPC’s...
In this blog post, PROTECT NCS researchers Professor Cath Noakes and Alan Beswick discuss how HEPA filter based air cleaners can reduce transmission of respiratory infections. As we enter the coldest months of the year the combination of cooler, damper weather will...
Michelle Shaw has joined the PROTECT national core study team as the new Portfolio Information Lead, replacing Ed Morrow. Michelle is a qualified Change Management Practitioner with a varied background in local government. She started out in Policy and stakeholder...
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected operations in the public transport sector, and workers in this sector have experienced changes in risk of transmission as well as an array of new and changing operating procedures. In this blog, Dr Nicola...
In this blog, published as part of the Original Thinkers series, from the Alliance Manchester Business School , PROTECT Theme 3 researchers; Anna Coleman, Nicola Gartland, and Sheena Johnson discuss their study on COVID-19 and the safety of public transport. This is...
As part of Theme 2 of PROTECT, researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Strathclyde have been investigating ventilation in prisons and the impact this could have on transmission in these high-risk settings. In this blog, Cristina Rodriguez Rivero and Sara...
Throughout the pandemic, public transport has been identified as a significant potential hub of transmission for the disease, with messaging urging people to avoid it wherever possible. Despite this guidance, however, there was little evidence on how great this risk...
In January, researchers at the University of Bristol, part-funded by PROTECT, published a pre-print paper on how the infectivity of airborne particles containing SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) changes over time in different environments. Using a new...
Professor Andrew Curran, Chief Scientific Adviser at the Health and Safety Executive and PROTECT study lead, reflects on the progress of the programme to date and looks forward to a critical year for securing its legacy. 2022 has started with a mixture of uncertainty...
As we face another festive season under the shadow of COVID-19, the Royal Institution has dedicated its annual Christmas Lectures to exploring how science has responded to the pandemic. In the second of three lectures hosted by England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer...
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