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Getting Your Workplace Ready for COVID-19: How COVID-19 Spreads



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  • Corporate Authors:
    World Health Organization
  • Description:
    How COVID-19 spreads: When someone who has COVID-19 coughs or exhales they release droplets of infected fluid. Most of these droplets fall on nearby surfaces and objects, such as desks, tables or telephones. People could catch COVID-19 by touching contaminated surfaces or objects, and then touching their eyes, nose, or mouth. If they are standing within 1 meter of a person with COVID-19 they can catch it by breathing in droplets coughed out or exhaled by them. In other words, COVID-19 spreads in a similar way to flu. Most persons infected with COVID-19 experience mild symptoms and recover. However, some experience more serious illness and may require hospital care. Risk of serious illness rises with age: people over 40 seem to be more vulnerable than those under 40. People with weakened immune systems and people with conditions such as diabetes, heart and lung disease are also more vulnerable to serious illness. This document gives advice on: 1. Simple ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in your workplace 2. How to manage COVID-19 risks when organizing meetings and events 3. Things to consider when you and your employees travel 4. Getting your workplace ready in case COVID-19 arrives in your community. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • Publisher:
    World Health Organization
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Grant
  • Genre:
    Guidance
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    1-8
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20061886
  • Citation:
    Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, 2020 Mar; :1-8
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2020
  • Performing Organization:
    World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Start Date:
    20170901
  • Source Full Name:
    Getting your workplace ready for COVID-19: how COVID-19 spreads
  • End Date:
    20200831
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