National UK programme of community health workers for COVID-19 response

Authors: Andy Haines, Enrique Falceto de Barros, Anita Berlin, David L Heymann, and Matthew J Harris

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors suggest a CHW taskforce be trained to aid people in their homes, particularly the elderly who are especially vulnerable to the virus. They argue that CHWs responding to COVID-19 should be between 18-30 years old because the youth are currently at less of a risk of acquiring the disease fatally.