When it comes to controlling workplace transmission of SARS‑CoV‑2, the virus that causes COVID-19, different workplace sectors face different challenges, both in terms of likely transmission routes and which control measures can be practically and effectively...
Two cohort studies from the United Kingdom were used to explore relationships between domains of a COVID-19 job exposure matrix (JEM) and SARS-CoV-2 infection. This paper, from Theme 3 researchers on the PROTECT NCS, and published in the Scandinavian Journal of Work,...
The COVID-19 pandemic led to levels of hospitalisation and mortality that are unprecedented in recent history, and in March 2020 the UK Government imposed a range of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) with the aim of minimising transmission of severe acute...
UK local authorities that experience sustained high levels of COVID-19 are described as areas of enduring prevalence. This research, from Theme 3 of the PROTECT NCS, and published on Research Square, was carried out to investigate reasons for sustained high...
COVID-19 pandemic mitigations have had a profound impact on workplaces, however, multisectoral comparison of how work-related mitigations were applied across different phases of the pandemic are limited. This pre-print paper by PROTECT theme 3 researchers and...
This review, by PROTECT Theme 3 researchers and published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, aimed to provide an overview of the literature assessing the extent of COVID-19 transmission in the food processing sector along with...
This pre-print paper by PROTECT theme 3 researchers and the Virus Watch community cohort study, investigates how occupational differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection risk has changed over time, and includes updated data from the Omicron wave in England and Wales. Most...
The COVID-19 Job Exposure Matrix (JEM), has been developed to categorise occupations according to workplace factors believed to be associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus that causes COVID-19.This pre-print paper, published by Theme 3 researchers of the the...
Interventions to promote the wearing of face coverings if required in the future can only be developed if we know why people do or do not wear them. In this paper, published in the British Journal of Heath Psychology, researchers from Theme 3 of PROTECT assess public...
As part of the PROTECT COVID-19 National Core Study on transmission and the environment, researchers from The University of Manchester, along with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are conducting a study looking on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the...
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