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Healthcare workers are more vulnerable to COVID-19 infection than the general population due to frequent contact with positive COVID-19 patients. [2] Healthcare workers have been required to work under stressful conditions without proper protective equipment, and make difficult decisions involving ethical implications.
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a massive drop in persons in the labor force. According to Pew Research Center, from February 2020 to February 2021 an estimated 4.2 million people left the labor force because of COVID-19, 2.4 million of which were women. [47] [48] As a result, women's participation in the labor force was at a 30-year low. [49]
The COVID-19 vaccines are widely credited for their role in reducing the severity and death caused by COVID-19. [ 128 ] [ 129 ] As of March 2023, more than 5.5 billion people had received one or more doses [ 130 ] (11.8 billion in total) in over 197 countries.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Southeast Asia is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It was confirmed to have spread to Southeast Asia on 13 January 2020, when a 61-year-old woman from Wuhan tested positive in Thailand , making it the ...
In 1970, an estimated 14,000 workers were killed on the job. By 2021, in spite of the workforce having since more than doubled, workplace deaths were down to about 5,190. [93] According to the census of occupational injuries 5,486 people died on the job in 2022, up from the 2021 total of 5,190.
According to OSHA, medium exposure risk jobs include those that require frequent or close contact within six feet (1.8 m) of people who are not known or suspected COVID-19 patients, but may be infected with SARS-CoV-2 due to ongoing community transmission around the business location, or because the individual has recent international travel to ...
The Current events section contains a listing on an ongoing automated basis of importance events, article editing trends and newsworthy developments related to COVID-19. The Did you know section showcases new or expanded articles that are selected through an informal review process.
Map of school closures around the world, red represents where schools were entirely closed at some point in the pandemic and orange where they were partially closed Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; COVID-19 pandemic baby bust; Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education; Human rights issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic