Help shape the next stage of the PROTECT study
This survey is now closedIn light of today’s (24 January 2022) announcement that the PROTECT COVID-19 National Core Study on transmission and environment will continue for another year, stakeholders are being invited to help shape this important next stage of the...
PROTECT study to continue improving understanding of COVID-19 virus transmission into 2023
It has been announced today (24 Jan 2022) that the PROTECT COVID-19 National Core Study on transmission and environment will continue for another year, taking the programme up until March 2023. Extra money has been allocated to the programme that will enable...
Protocol for a systematic review of relative risks for COVID-19 related to working within occupational sectors where workplace attendance is essential
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...
Communicating the complexity of COVID-19 virus transmission
As we face another festive season under the shadow of COVID-19, the Royal Institution has dedicated its annual Christmas Lectures to exploring how science has responded to the pandemic. In the second of three lectures hosted by England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer...
Visualising SARS-CoV-2 transmission routes and mitigations
This paper, published in the British Medical Journal and produced by researchers funded under Theme 2 of the PROTECT study, provides an interactive graphic of COVID-19 virus transmission routes, with supporting commentary and analysis. The tool enables users to...
Expert elicitation on the relative importance of possible SARS-CoV-2 transmission routes and the effectiveness of mitigations
This paper, published in BMJ Open and produced by researchers funded under Theme 2 of the PROTECT study, details the evidence and analysis that was used to support the development of the COVID-19 virus transmission visualisation simultaneously published in the British...
PROTECT researchers create interactive tool to improve understanding of COVID-19 virus transmission
A new interactive graphic developed by PROTECT-funded researchers and published by the British Medical Journal today (1 December 2021) will help people understand how the COVID-19 virus is transmitted in everyday situations, and what they can do to protect themselves...
Exposure to a SARS-CoV-2 infection at work: development of an international job exposure matrix
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...
Comparison of reported relative risks for health care, transport, and food processing workers
These slides, created by PROTECT Theme 3 researchers, were presented at the EPICOH conference on 28th Oct 2021. They show the results of a rapid review of the relative risks of Covid-19 outcomes from working within the healthcare, food production and transport...
Directed acyclic graphs for the study of effects of occupation on risk of COVID-19-related outcomes
This preprint paper, produced by researchers from Theme 3 of the PROTECT study, collates directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) that have been used in the study of the effects of occupation on COVID-19-related health outcomes such as infection, severity, and mortality. DAGs...
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