The Compensation Commissioner has clarifoed that COVID-19 will be recognized as an occupatioal disease if acquired by employees arising out of  employment through exposure to confirmed cases in the workplace or after an official work trip to a high risk country or area. To qualify for benefits from the Compensation Fund, the following criteria must be met:

1. the diagnosis must be as a result of occupational exposure to a known source of Covid-19;
2. the Covid-19 must be diagnosed as per the World Health Organisation guidelines;
3. the Covid-19 diagnosis must be linked to an approved official trip and travel history to high risk areas or countries on a work assignment or linked to a presumed high-risk work environment where transmission of Covid-19 is inherently prevalent; and
4. a chronological sequence must exist between the work exposure and the development of Covid-19 symptoms.