How employees can stay safe amid the Omicron COVID variant

Explore our tips for employers to help their workforce remain healthy during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

The new Omicron COVID-19 variant adds a new layer of risk for businesses operating in the pandemic, so it’s essential to be as vigilant as possible in encouraging your employees to stay healthy.

Although there’s still much to learn about the Omicron COVID variant, it is clear that it spreads rapidly with the World Health Organization warning Omicron spreads faster than any previous strain. [1] Omicron also has the potential for higher breakthrough cases and to infect people who may have missed earlier variants.

From a business perspective, this creates a large threat to productivity. To help avoid an influx of cases among your workforce, we’ve compiled our best tips for helping your employees remain healthy during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: 

#1: Get vaccinated.

We strongly encourage businesses to look for opportunities to promote COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots, especially for mature employees with a recent report finding that 75% of Americans who died from COVID-19 were 65 years or older. [2]

In addition to getting vaccinated for COVID-19, we also highly recommend that everyone receive the flu shot to cut down on seasonal illness.

Learn more:
How to encourage your employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine

#2: Wear a mask.

We encourage everyone to continue masking in public areas where there is a high rate of transmission, regardless of your vaccination status. You can check your county’s transmission rate by using the CDC COVID Data Tracker.

How we’re helping

At WeCare tlc, we care deeply about the health and wellbeing of our clients and your team members. We also understand that everyone is frustrated with and tired of the pandemic, but we need to remain cautious to protect our health and the health of those around us.

WeCare tlc continues to offer enhanced services to our clients, including:

• Procurement of testing supplies for over-the-counter use.
  • Our team has formed partnerships with several organizations to provide clients with a link to order supplies directly, whenever needed.
• Utilizing WeCare tlc health center support for testing and screening capabilities to deliver the critical insight you need.

If your business, school or organization needs assistance in developing a COVID-19 strategy or if you have further questions, please contact us today to find out how we can help you.

Sources:

1: CNBC | Omicron is spreading faster than any other Covid variant, WHO warns
2: New York Times | As U.S. COVID Deaths Near 800,000, 1 of Every 100 Older Americans Has Perished