COVID-19 Research and Evidence Summary
Reports
Balmforth, H., Beers, H., Bourne, N., Cao, R., Cheung,
C., Clarke, S., Collinge, W., Cooper, G., Corbett, E., Davies, K.,
Hartwig, A., Johnson, S., Li, L., Ling, D., Liu, C., Kaltango,
A.Y., Kirkham, R., Manu, P., Thurlbeck, S., van Tongeren, M.,
Weightman, A. and Yuan, P. Keeping
the UK building safely: a scoping study. PROTECT COVID-19
National Core Study on Transmission and Environment, 2021.
(PROTECT-01)
Coleman, A., Gartland, N., Fishwick, D., Johnson, S. and
van Tongeren, M. Perceptions
of transmission and mitigation of SARS-CoV-2: public transport.
Theme 3 WP1 deep dives. PROTECT COVID-19 National Core Study on
Transmission and Environment, 2022. (PROTECT-02)
HSE Workplace Health Expert Committee (WHEC)
SARS-CoV-2: testing and the workplace: rapid review to 16th
February 2021. HSE, 2021.
Pauwels, S., Boets, I., Polli, A., Mylle, G., de Raeve,
H., Godderis, L. Return to work after long COVID: evidence at 8th
March 2021. HSE, 2021. (ER003)
Personal protective equipment selection for
healthcare settings: COVID-19 evidence review to March 2020.
HSE, 2020 (ER001)
Re-use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
during the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Pandemic: Evidence Summary to
August 2020. HSE, 2022 (ER004)
SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) transmission in meat processing factories:
evidence summary to 27 July 2020. HSE, 2021. (ER002)
Journal Papers
Chen Y, Atchison C, Atkinson B, Barber C, Bennett A,
Brickley E, Cooke J, Dabrera G, Fishwick D, Fletcher T, Graham A,
Higgins H, Keen C, Morgan D, Uk Covid-19 National Core Studies
Consortium, Noakes C, Pearce N, Raja A, Sandys V, Stocks J, Van
Tongeren M, Van Veldhoven K, Verma A and Curran A (2021)
The COVID-OUT study protocol: COVID-19 outbreak
investigation to understand workplace SARS-CoV-2 transmission in
the United Kingdom. Wellcome Open Research, 6 201,
Coldrick S, Kelsey A, Ivings M, Foat T, Parker S, Noakes
C, Bennett A, Rickard H and Moore G (2022) Modeling
and experimental study of dispersion and deposition of respiratory
emissions with implications for disease transmission.
Indoor Air, 32 (2), e13000
Gartland N, Coleman A, Fishwick D, Johnson S, Armitage C
and Van Tongeren M (2022) Experiences, perceptions of risk, and lasting
impacts of COVID-19 for employees in the public transport
sector. Annals of Work Exposures and Health
Raja A, Van Veldhoven K, Ewuzie A, Frost G, Sandys V,
Atkinson B, Nicholls I, Graham A, Higgins A, Coldwell M, Simpson A,
Cooke J, Bennett A, Barber C, Morgan D, Atchison C, Keen C,
Fletcher T, Pearce N, Brickley E and Chen Y (2022) Investigation of a SARS-CoV-2 outbreak at an
automotive manufacturing site in England. International
Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (11),
6400
Rutter H, Parker S, Stahl-Timmins W, Noakes C, Smyth A,
Macbeth R, Fitzgerald S and Freeman A (2021) Visualising SARS-CoV-2 transmission routes and
mitigations. BMJ 375 e065312
Stettler M, et al including Coldrick, S. (2022)
Source terms for benchmarking models of SARS-CoV-2
transmission via aerosols and droplets. Royal Society Open
Science, 9 212022
Conference Publications
Chen Y, Keen C, Sandys V, Simpson A and Covid-19 UK
National Core Studies Consortium (2021) S-306 The role of environmental assessment in
workplace COVID-19 outbreak investigation to understand SARS-CoV-2
transmission. Occupational & Environmental
Medicine,78, Suppl 1: 28th International Symposium on
Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPIOCH 2021) Oct 2021,
A158
Sandys V, Keen C, Simpson A, Coldwell M, Atkinson B and
Chen Y (2022) The implementation of environmental risk controls
at worksites experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks - UK COVID-19 National
Core Studies Consortium. Safety and Health at Work:
Supp Abstract of the 33rd International Congress on Occupational
Health 2022 (IOCH 2022) 6-10 February 2022 S173-S174
Trade and Professional Publications
Freeman A, Parker S, Noakes C, Fitzgerald S, Smyth A,
Macbeth R, Spiegelhalter D and Rutter H (2021) Expert elicitation on the relative importance of
possible SARS-CoV-2 transmission routes and the effectiveness of
mitigations. BMJ Open, 11 (12), e050869,
Visualisation here:
https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj-2021-065312
Higgins A (2020) Adaptation of evaluation in a
COVID-19 world: challenges and opportinities for government
analysts. The Evaluator, (Summer 2020), 32-33
Sandys V (2022) Occupational hygienists play a key role in COVID-19
research. Exposure Magazine, 18
Smith P, Curran A and Davis L (2021) Lessons from COVID-19 for the next pandemic: we
need better data on workplace transmission. The
Conversation
Protect COVID-19 National Core Study
The PROTECT COVID-19 National Core Study on transmission and
environment is a UK-wide research programme improving our
understanding of how SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) is
transmitted from person to person, and how this varies in different
settings and environments. Led by the Health and Safety Executive
(HSE)'s Chief Scientific Adviser, this critical work is being
delivered by more than 70 researchers from 16 institutions across
the UK. To see a full list of publications from this study, check
the PROTECT
COVID-19 National Core Study website.
COVID-19 SAGE-EMG Reports
HSE's Chief Scientific
Adviser, Professor Andrew Curran, is a participant in of
SAGE (Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies) and co-chair of the
Environmental Modelling Group (SAGE-EMG). For papers prepared by
the EMG please check the GOV.UK website