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Safety Experts: COVID-19 Isn't Only Risk Reopening Businesses Face

Employers work to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 as they reopen, but industrial hygienists say dormant spaces present other risks.
Posted at 2:36 PM, May 27, 2020
and last updated 2020-05-27 14:36:45-04

Business owners across the country want to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in their workplaces as states slowly reopen for business. But COVID-19 isn't the only risk employers need to think of. Newsy's Lauren Magarino speaks with an industrial hygienist about a handful of potential hazards, including exposure to a disease with similar symptoms to COVID-19.