This study aimed to describe the proportion of deaths from Covid-19 in a range of occupational groups, how those proportions compare to a ‘non-essential’ worker group, and whether the proportionate odds have changed over the pandemic (January 2020 – October 2021), in...
This paper, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, produced by researchers from Theme 1 of the PROTECT COVID-19 National Core Study, discusses workplace-related outbreaks of COVID-19. The manufacturing sector presents a...
Although many people infected with COVID-19 experience no or mild symptoms, some individuals can develop severe illness and may die, particularly older people and those with underlying medical problems. Providing evidence-based interventions to prevent COVID-19 has...
Age-standardized mortality rates for taxi drivers, chauffeurs, bus and coach drivers show that public transport workers were at high risk at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, the public transport sector was required to continue services throughout...
Considerable concern remains about how occupational COVID-19 risk has evolved during the pandemic. Researchers from Theme 3 of PROTECT aimed to ascertain which occupations had the greatest risk of infection and explored how relative differences varied over the...
This paper, published in the The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, and produced by researchers as part of Theme 3 of the PROTECT study, uses data from electronic contact diaries submitted by participants in the Virus Watch project between November 2020 and November...
This paper, published in the Journal of Transport and Health and produced by researchers from Theme 3 of the PROTECT study, reviews research to date on transmission of the COVID-19 virus on public transport, and the effectiveness of control measures implemented by...
This paper, published in the International Journal of Indoor Environment and Health and produced by researchers funded under Theme 2 of the PROTECT study, details the development of a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model of droplets and aerosols to increase...
This preprint paper, produced by researchers from Theme 1 of the PROTECT study, details an investigation of a COVID-19 outbreak that took place in a public-facing office in England from August to September 2021. As part of the COVID-OUT project within Theme 1, the...
This preprint paper details the protocol for a systematic review being conducted as part of Theme 3 of the PROTECT study. The review will synthesise data from multiple sources that assess the relative COVID-19 risks of working in key occupational sectors when physical...
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