In this photograph taken through a window, a worker in protective clothing, including face mask and gloves, is pictured cleaning the floor of the pharmacy attached to the at the Warmdene doctor’s Surgery at County Oak Medical Centre in Brighton, southern England on February 10, 2020, after it closed for “urgent operational health and safety reasons”, following reports a member of staff was infected with the 2019-nCoV strain of the novel coronavirus, Covid-19,. – The British government on Monday warned the outbreak of novel coronavirus was a “serious and imminent threat” and reported four new cases that brought the total recorded in the country to eight. Two hospitals The Royal Free and Guys and St Thomas’, have both been designated as “isolation” facilities, with both currently housing Britons who have returned from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the centre of the outbreak. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)
As the coronavirus spreads across the world, we discuss what it means for workers in healthcare, the gig economy, and other frontline industries.