Tag: COVID Protections

  • Back to Basics: Looking Ahead & Looking Back

    Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the updated CDC isolation guidelines (coupled with antigen testing) while reflecting on how long this new COVID wave might last. Read more below. COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are at the highest level recorded through the pandemic. This can be reflected and seen in this week’s…

  • Testing Before Return from Isolation

    Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss testing symptomatic employees prior to their return to work. Read more below. South Africa has declared that they’ve moved through the peak of their fourth COVID-19 wave that has been driven by the Omicron variant. Additionally, it has removed its curfew. The U.S. has topped 2…

  • Preparing for Increased Absenteeism in January

    Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss increased absenteeism in the new year and look at this week’s Risk Matrix. Read more below. OSHA Withdrew its COVID-19 Healthcare ETS a week after it had reached its six-month expiration date, with the exception of the recordkeeping requirements, which remain in place under a separate provision of…

  • Managing Your Workforce in the Omicron Spread and Shortened Recommendations

    Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss CDC’s COVID updates in which it recommends shortening isolation from 10 days for people with COVID-19 to five days, if asymptomatic, followed by five days of wearing a mask when around others. CDC also now recommends five days quarantine followed by strict mask use for an…

  • Are You Prepared for a Twindemic?

    Key Points In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the possibility of a “twindemic” and how businesses can prepare. Read more below. The Omicron variant is now dominant in the U.S., accounting for 73% of all new COVID-19 cases. However, the Delta variant does continue to spread. In Canada, Quebec “became the latest region to…

  • Omicron in the US: Likely in the Calm before a Surge

    Key Points In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the rise of Omicron. Read more here. COVID deaths in the US surpass 800,000 (NYT). It is the highest known number of any country. Known virus cases in the US rose above 50 million and more than 1,200 people are dying from COVID-19 each day. The worldwide…

  • COVID Protection Strategies in Food Manufacturing Proven Effective

    Key Points In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss COVID protection strategies in food manufacturing. Read more below. The C.D.C. found 43 Omicron cases in the first week of December. Almost all cases were mild (NYT). One individual, who was vaccinated, required a brief hospital stay, but there were no deaths. The most common symptoms…

  • Delta Wave Continues in U.S.; Be Sure Handwashing is Included in Protective Measures

    Key Points In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the continuing wave of the Delta variant and the importance of including handwashing in protective measures. Read more below. The U.S. Senate has approved and passed the bill to overturn Biden’s vaccine mandate (Reuters). The FDA has updated its COVID-19 Tests page with updates on different…

  • Omicron: A Beginning Understanding?

    Key Points In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss Omicron and what is beginning to be understood. Read more below. The CDC is currently recommending Americans avoid travel to France, Jordan, and Portugal as these countries have seen spikes in COVID-19 cases (The Hill). Additionally, the CDC has added other destinations to Level 4 travel…

  • Omicron Detected; Biden to Announce New COVID Protections

    Key Points In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the detection of Omicron in the U.S. and the White House announcement of new COVID protections. Read more below. The first case of the omicron variant has been identified in the U.S. in San Francisco, CA. CNBC also details a map of where the omicron variant…