Health status of DA - NFRDI employees

Abstract

Nowadays, employees' health is not the only responsibility of occupational health care professionals, but a health promotion, wellness programs, and safety are the things that an organization needs to monitor as well. All workers are entitled to work in an environment where risks to their health and safety are adequately controlled.Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Human Resource Management Unit (HRMU) has commenced a tool to monitor their employees daily. Despite the high risk of communicability of the virus, NFRDI has maintained a low infection rate for the last few months. As a precautionary measure, mandatory swab testing for all employees was done on September 11 and 14, 2020. Two asymptomatic employees tested positive for COVID-19 and recovered after 14 days of isolation.