| Many workers in different occupational settings are occupationally exposed to health and safety hazards
[1, 2]. Biological contaminants in workplaces can cause adverse health effects in exposed workers[3, 4].
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (an infectious disease) has spread very quickly and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID19 outbreak a global pandemic on 11 March 2020.
The outbreak of COVID-19 is considered as a global public health concern [5, 6].
The activities of some industries such as petrochemical plants, power plants, water treatment plants,
food manufacturing plants, sanitary ware manufacturing plants, etc., cannot be stopped even during an outbreak of diseases and workers should be present in their workplaces and have to work to provide products/services. Also, the presence of healthcare staff, such as workers providing frontline care for COVID-19 in the hospitals, is essential. In such
situations, it seems necessary to protect workers in workplace settings against coronavirus-induced diseases. |