U.S. Health Workers Responding to Coronavirus Lacked Training and Protective Gear Whistle-Blower Says

Team members were not properly trained, lacked necessary gear and moved freely around and off military bases where Americans were quarantined, a complaint says.

U.S. workers without protective gear assisted coronavirus evacuees HHS whistleblower says

Coronavirus whistleblower says U.S. health workers who had contact with quarantined Americans lacked training and gear

A senior staffer at Health and Human Services said a government team sent to help process American coronavirus evacuees didn't have the training or equipment for the assignment, the Washington Post reported.

HHS whistleblower claims US workers received coronavirus evacuees without proper precautions

A whistleblower at the Department of Health and Human Services is seeking federal protection after complaining that more than a dozen workers who received the first Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, lacked proper training or protective gear for coronavirus infection control.

US workers didn't have proper gear to work with coronavirus evacuees HHS whistleblower claims

US Health Workers Contacting With Wuhan Evacuees Were Exposed To Coronavirus Whistleblower Alleges

The United States health workers who were assigned to meet the first cohort of evacuees from the coronavirus (COVID-19) hit Wuhan city in China were themselves exposed to the deadly virus, a whistleblower has alleged. What Happened The Department of Health and Human Services didn't provide protective gear to the workers or give them any infection-related training, a senior HHS official has alleged in a complaint filed with the Office of the...

Coronavirus live updates: US workers didn't have proper gear to work with evacuees whistleblower says

A whistleblower claims HHS employees weren't prepared to work with evacuees, another Diamond Princess passenger has died, and more coronavirus news.

Coronavirus Impacting Medical Staff: 124 UC Davis Health Care Workers Put In Self-Quarantine

Medical professionals on the frontline of the coronavirus are concerned about their own health.

Several young doctors in China have died of the coronavirus. Medical workers are far more vulnerable to infection than the general population.

Older people are the most likely to die from the coronavirus. But overworked, under-protected healthcare workers are at risk, too.

Gig workers face the spread of the new coronavirus with no safety net

Some workers here who provide on-demand rides and delivery services, but are independent contractors without many protections, are bracing for the spread of the novel coronavirus.

France’s Louvre Museum closes because workers are fearful of getting coronavirus from tourists

The spreading coronavirus epidemic shut down France’s Louvre Museum on Sunday, with workers fearful of being contaminated by the museum’s international visitors.

Avoiding Coronavirus May Be a Luxury Some Workers Can’t Afford

A sick day? Remote work? Not so easy if your job is at a restaurant, a day care center or a construction site.

Authorities announce 2nd coronavirus death; two California healthcare workers test positive

Researchers said the virus may have been circulating for weeks undetected.

Louvre Museum Closed as Management Workers Meet Over Coronavirus Risks

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Retired health workers: would you return to work to help with coronavirus?

We’d like to hear from retired doctors and nurses about their views on returning to work to help out with coronavirus

Rwanda is training health workers for an interconnected world

Coronavirus: iPhone and Samsung factories shut down after workers infected with deadly virus

Singapore's Bangladeshi workers have eyes on home as coronavirus shakes community

Coronavirus cases among health workers climb underscoring the chaos on an outbreak’s front lines

Coronavirus USA Update: Virus-exposed Health Workers Moved Freely In Public Whistle Blower Reveals

Coronavirus: most of Hong Kong’s 180000 civil servants return to offices but concerns persist about lack of protection for workers

Lack of preparedness puts US health care workers at greatest risk from coronavirus

Coronavirus: Up to fifth of UK workers 'off sick at same time'

Schools may close and police may need to focus on serious crimes if virus takes hold, government says.

UK coronavirus LIVE: Outbreak could see a fifth of UK workers off as Boris Johnson unveils battle plan

The number of coronavirus cases in the UK has jumped to 51 as Boris Johnson unveiled his battle plan to deal with the outbreak.  As Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced 12 more UK cases, the Government's plan to tackle Covid-19 suggested that the outbreak could lead to a fifth of workers being absent. It could also cause the police to drop low-priority cases and force the NHS to delay non-urgent care .

Coronavirus: no state sick pay for ‘self-isolating’ workers

Coronavirus: no state sick pay for ‘self-isolating’ workers

Emirates airline asks workers to take month of unpaid leave amid coronavirus crisis

Emirates — which had more than 100,000 employees  — has canceled numerous flights in response to the outbreak.

With coronavirus lurking staying home when sick isn’t an option for some workers | Editorial

To control the spread of coronavirus, health officials tell workers to stay home when feeling sick. What about workers who don't get sick time?

Coronavirus Ireland: Calls for 'code of practice' to ensure workers forced to stay home get paid

THE leader of the trade union movement has called for a statutory ‘code of practice’ to ensure workers forced to stay at home due to coronavirus get paid.

Coronavirus: Govt urged to help low-paid workers who need to self-isolate

The government is being urged to act to prevent millions of workers being faced with an "impossible choice" if the coronavirus outbreak gets worse.

Panic buying of masks puts health care workers’ ‘lives at risk’ WHO says

"the risk to healthcare workers around the world is real"

What the Port of San Francisco is doing to keep passengers workers safe from coronavirus

Health workers on the front lines of coronavirus outbreak concerned about supplies staffing

An Oregon health care worker under quarantine after potential contact with a patient who tested positive for coronavirus is concerned about hospital safety measures. The employee, who asked to remain anonymous, is one of dozens of employees at Kaiser Permanente’s Westside Medical Center told to stay home in self-isolation for 14 days. The first Oregon patient to test positive for the virus was treated at the Hillsboro hospital. The Kaiser worker...