COVID-19 and the safety of public transport
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...
Evaluating transmission risk in unique workplaces: pilot study of a Victorian prison
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...
Transmission and control of SARS-CoV-2 on ground public transport: a rapid review of the literature to date
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...
Public transport and the pandemic: perceptions of risk and mitigation
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...
Modeling and experimental study of dispersion and deposition of respiratory emissions with implications for disease transmission
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...
Report explores perceptions of COVID-19 virus transmission risk on public transport
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...
Food manufacturing: a high-risk environment for COVID-19 virus transmission?
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...
A question of time? The dynamics of airborne COVID-19 virus infectivity
Researchers at the University of Bristol, part-funded by PROTECT, published a 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 laboratory technique known...
An outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in a public-facing office in England, 2021
This preprint paper, produced by researchers from Theme 1 and Theme 4 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...
Making PROTECT count for our stakeholders
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...
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