Covid-19 is a respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)) that can affect the lungs and airways. Symptoms include a fever, shortness of breath, breathing difficulties, muscle pain, tiredness, dry cough, dyspnoea (laboured breathing), sore throat, diarrhoea, anosmia (loss of smell), dysgeusia (loss of taste), conjunctival hyperaemia (sore/bloodshot/dry eyes). As of 11 March…
This round table style webinar, organised by our Financial Services Group, brought together industry leaders from financial services and ASOSH to discuss the impact of the pandemic on people, workplaces and how it might affect how we work in the future. The pandemic has put the OSH profession in the spotlight – how can we…
The protection of health workers is one of the priorities for the response to COVID19 outbreaks. Occupational health services in health care facilities have an important role for protecting health workers and ensuring the business continuity of health care services CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) OUTBREAK: RIGHTS, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF HEALTH WORKERS, INCLUDING KEY CONSIDERATIONS FOR…