❦ Mitigation = ‘Lessening the force or intensity of something unpleasant; the act of making a condition or consequence less severe.’

1. Clean indoor air.

• The priority should be air filters in schools and hospitals.
  
• New ventilation and air filtration standards for all public spaces.
  
• Grants made available to businesses to upgrade ventilation and air filtration.

2. FFP2/3 [N95/N99] respirators (masks) in all healthcare settings.

3. Free Covid vaccines available to everyone.

4. Wider access to Covid anti-viral treatments.

5. Free LFT/PCR testing.

6. Improved Covid surveillance, including wastewater monitoring and Long Covid prevalence.

7. Paid sick-leave, so that people don’t go to work when ill.

8. Respirators (masks) on public transport, including flights.

9. Better support and treatments for Long Covid patients.

... and last, but by no means least:

10. A public education campaign on the long-term risks of Covid – and why people should do more to protect themselves.

❦ Addendum:

• Allocate adequate research funding for a sterilising vaccine as well as treatments/cure for Long Covid.

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