Public transport has been widely perceived as a high-risk sector for transmission of the COVID-19 virus, due to large numbers of people travelling in close proximity in enclosed spaces, often with limited ventilation.This public transport sector evidence...
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...
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...
A report published today as part of the PROTECT COVID-19 National Core Study on transmission and environment explores perceptions of the risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that caused COVID-19) and of the effectiveness of controls implemented on public...
Free online seminar: 1.00-2.30pm, 3 March 2022In the early stages of the pandemic, food manufacturing facilities – especially meat processing plants – came to be seen as a particular cause of concern, with a number of major outbreaks of the COVID-19 virus reported to...
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...
This preprint paper, 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 2021 to investigate how workplace attendance and...
This preprint paper, produced by researchers as part of Theme 3 of the PROTECT study, uses data from the Virus Watch prospective cohort of more than 12,000 people in England and Wales to calculate the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among different occupational...
This paper, published in the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, was produced by researchers funded under Theme 3 of the PROTECT study, in collaboration with other occupational epidemiology experts in Denmark and the Netherlands.The paper details a...
This preprint paper, produced by researchers from Theme 3 of the PROTECT study, uses nationwide population-level data for England to calculate the proportion of people in different occupational groups who had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine by 31 August 2021....
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