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- Title
SARS-CoV-2: an occupational hazard presenting challenges for low- and middle-income countries.
- Authors
Duncan, Jacqueline P; Figueroa, J. Peter
- Abstract
To the Editor The response to the COVID-19 pandemic in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is challenged by limited testing capacity, a weary cadre of public health staff and significant economic fall-out. Although households are a main setting for transmission, workplaces provide index cases for household transmission and workplace controls can prevent the wider spread of COVID-19 (Ying et al. [9]). The World Health Organization (WHO) and International Labour Organization (ILO) can further strengthen the COVID-19 response in LMIC by providing support in implementing OSH programmes and medical surveillance for occupational illnesses including COVID-19.
- Subjects
SARS-CoV-2; OCCUPATIONAL hazards; MIDDLE-income countries; MEDICAL personnel; COVID-19 pandemic; CRUISE ships
- Publication
International Archives of Occupational & Environmental Health, 2021, Vol 94, Issue 3, p565
- ISSN
0340-0131
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1007/s00420-021-01680-4