COVID-19 and occupation. Report reviewing the available evidence concerning the risks of contracting COVID-19 in occupational settings
UK. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
2021
81 p.
epidemic disease ; health impact assessment ; occupational risks ; exposure assessment ; mortality ; occupation disease relation
IIAC Position Paper
48
Occupational risks
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/industrial-injuries-advisory-council
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"Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was first identified at the end of December 2019 in China as the cause of an outbreak of cases of ‘atypical viral pneumonia', Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The first case of COVID-19 documented in the UK was on 31 January 2020. The UK experienced a first wave of infection between March and July 2020 with a second beginning in late August 2020. Over 75,000 deaths from COVID-19 had occurred by the end of December 2020. Knowledge of many aspects of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, including detection, transmission, diagnosis, treatment and disease progression, has gradually accumulated during 2020. The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC), therefore considered it timely and necessary to review the evidence for the relationship between occupation and COVID-19 during 2020 whilst acknowledging that, as yet, there may not be sufficient good quality information to make definitive recommendations. ..."
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