The Omicron variant of Covid-19 has made a huge impact on the well being of society again.Companies are threatened once more.They have to to keep their workforce safe and to meet their business needs.
What can companies do to mitigate the current situation?
Patricia Toro, MD, senior director in the Health Management Practice of Willis Towers Watson , USA offers a few broad measures to handle the crisis in an article written by Jeff Levin-Scherz and Patricia Toro to HBR recently. Key points of the article are given below.
1. Encourage Vaccination
2. Consider Local Transmission Rates in Return-to-the-Office Decisions
3. Reduce Exposure through Social Distancing
4. Improve Ventilation
5. Decide When to Recommend or Require Masks
6. Encourage Testing
7. Be Cautious about Reinstituting Travel
8. Communicate Exposures
9. Support Mental Health Care
10.Stay Current on the Effectiveness of Interventions
Courtesy: HBR