Long COVID: Challenges for prevention and measures to diminish the effects on OSH

Background and Scope of Guidance

On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. Vaccination is proving to be effective against the pandemic, however it is increasingly being recognised that infection due to COVID-19 can result in a number of longstanding impacts on the health of the individual with potentially debilitating effects in some. Symptoms lasting more than four weeks are generally called Long Covid. This lingering impact upon the health of those with experience of COVID-19 has also been designated post-COVID-19.This guidance provides advice to employers and businesses in non-healthcare settings…