• Legionella is a bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease, a type of pneumonia that can be fatal in some groups. It is contracted by inhaling infected water droplets.

  • SARS-CoV-2 is still with us, and will continue to cause waves of infection for the foreseeable future. It is a workplace hazard you are required to consider, and still has the capacity to cause significant disruption to productions.

  • Influenza is a serious seasonal respiratory virus that causes thousands of hospitalisations and 15,000 excess deaths in the UK per year. It can also be very disruptive in the workplace.

  • Human-to-human transmission of MPXV, the causative agent of mpox, occurs principally due to direct contact with body fluids and lesions - often via sexual contact - as well as indirect contact with contaminated clothing or bedding.

  • Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) is a severe and often fatal haemorrhagic fever caused by the Marburg virus, a close relative of Ebola virus. Endemic in many Central African countries, it has recently flared up in the Republic of Rwanda for the first time.

  • The most common global cause of acute gastroenteritis, norovirus spreads rapidly and easily, causing rapid onset vomiting, diarrhoea and other symptoms. It is most prevalent in the winter months.