Scientists advise office CO2 monitoring to help manage COVID-19 risk
Collection of CO2 and occupancy data in offices enables the identification of poorly ventilated or overcrowded work areas. Quiet desk work in a well-ventilated office is unlikely to significantly spread COVID-19 via the airborne route, but infected people who...
Predictive and retrospective modelling of airborne infection risk using monitored carbon dioxide
This paper, published in the Indoor and Built Environment journal and produced by researchers part-funded under Theme 2 of the PROTECT study, details a new model that has been developed to predict the risk of airborne COVID-19 infection in environments such as offices...
PROTECT COVID-19 Conference on transmission and environment
On 17-18 November 2021, researchers from across the PROTECT COVID-19 National Core Study on transmission and environment will come together in person for the programme's first conference. They will be joined at the The University of Manchester by policymakers and...
Understanding and controlling COVID-19 virus transmission risk on public transport
The PROTECT COVID-19 National Core Study on transmission and environment is hosting a series of free evidence seminars on understanding and controlling the risk of COVID-19 virus transmission in specific sectors. The first seminar, on the transport sector, will be at...
Keeping the UK building safely: PROTECT report examines sector’s COVID-19 response
A report published today as part of the PROTECT COVID-19 National Core Study on transmission and environment assesses the UK construction sector’s efforts to build ‘COVID-secure’ workplaces. Evidence collected by the report’s authors at the Thomas Ashton Institute...
What we know about COVID-19 virus transmission: things to remember as the UK unlocks
As the majority of remaining COVID-19 related restrictions are removed in England on Monday 19 July, and with other UK nations also set to ease controls, our knowledge of how the virus transmits can be applied to help policymakers, business and individuals manage the...
Transmission of the COVID-19 virus in the real world: understanding environmental and behavioural influences
The PROTECT COVID-19 National Core Study on transmission and environment is hosting a session at the International Festival of Public Health, hosted free and online by The University of Manchester, at 12.30 - 2.00pm on Wednesday 21 July. Chair: Professor Andrew...
The COVID-OUT study protocol: COVID-19 outbreak investigation to understand workplace SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the United Kingdom
This suite of materials – including research questionnaires, participant information sheets, and environmental data collection frameworks – is used to deliver the COVID-OUT study (part of Theme 1 of PROTECT). Related Contact Us...
Exhaled SARS-CoV-2 quantified by face-mask sampling in hospitalised patients with COVID-19
This paper, published in the Journal of Infection and produced by researchers part-funded under Theme 4 of the PROTECT study, presents a new method for detecting SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) in exhaled breath using sampling strips fixed within face...
A comparison of persistence of SARS-CoV-2 variants on stainless steel
This paper, published in the Journal of Hospital Infection and produced by researchers from Theme 4 of the PROTECT study, compares how well newer variants of the COVID-19 virus survive on surfaces to see whether this could play a role in their increased...
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