Clean air works – let’s make it core to a healthy and productive learning environment.
Why attendance focus reiterates the need for good ventilation in schoolsAfter three disrupted academic years, it is evident minimising school absences for all students is vital. In some areas attendance remains stubbornly low and there are significant regional...
An Ecological Study of COVID-19 Infection Rates within the UK Food and Drink Processing Industry
Food processing facilities represent critical infrastructure that have stayed open during much of the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding the burden of COVID-19 in this sector is thus important to help reduce the potential for workplace infection in future...
Experiences of working in the public transport sector during the COVID-19 pandemic
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...
Investigation of a SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak at an Automotive Manufacturing Site in England
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...
Workplace interventions to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection outside of healthcare settings
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...
PROTECT article in special Issue of Viruses on Aerosol Transmission of Viral Disease
Surface to hand transfer of viruses represents a potential mechanism for human exposure. Transmission of pathogens may involve a range of routes and has high complexity due to behavioural and situational circumstances of humans living in complex environments.One route...
Experiences, Perceptions of Risk, and Lasting Impacts of COVID-19 for Employees in the Public Transport Sector
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...
PROTECT public transport sector evidence report
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...
Excess mortality among essential workers in England and Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic
This paper published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, by researchers from Theme 3 of PROTECT, discusses exposure to SARS-CoV-2 and subsequent development of COVID-19 and death from COVID-19, occupational variations, and risks for those categorised...
Workplace Contact Patterns in England during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of the Virus Watch prospective cohort study
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...
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