Category: critical workers

Europe Loosens COVID Policies as Omicron Takes out Key Workers

MADRID/PRAGUE—The Czech Republic said on Monday it would allow critical workers such as doctors and teachers to go to work after a positive COVID-19 test, the latest European country to ease restrictions to keep services running as cases surge. As the much more contagious Omicron variant becomes dominant and forces hundreds of thousands to isolate,…


New Critical Worker Isolation Rules in Australian States to Ease Mounting Pressure on Supply Chain

The national cabinet is set to approve changes to isolation rules for critical workers in New South Wales (pdf), and Queensland has been sent to the national cabinet for endorsement after it was approved by the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. The new changes allow asymptomatic workers in critically essential roles that…