Delivery workers' health in the context of the coronavirus pandemic: scope review

Introduction: The high risk exposure of workers who perform delivery in the face of new contexts of precarious work and high unemployment rates in Brazil and other countries increases the chances of accidents and other illnesses in the face of the pandemic situation. coronavirus. On the other hand, this flexibilization of work and its consequent insecurity has a direct influence on the working and living conditions of these workers and their subjection to low wages without almost any social protection or labor rights. The negative effects produced by the dominant development model in the current world, where the interest of capital overrides the well-being of the majorities, predominate in the workers' health process. In the current context of the coronavirus pandemic and the quarantine practice adopted in the various affected cities, delivery workers are increasingly involved in the transportation of food, medicines and other inputs considered essential. Goals In this context, the proposed study aims to systematize the rights and generate evidence to support recommendations to the health of delivery workers in the context of the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil in a comparative analysis with the countries most affected: China, Italy, Spain, France and the United States. The contributions of this research will be able to subsidize the set of social actors involved in the worker's health such as government, organized civil society, private initiative and workers in the formulation of recommendations that incorporate the worker's health right in the responses to the coronavirus for this segment of workers. The numbers of the confinement change daily like the number of infections. Data released by the situation panel at John Hopkins University on March 30, 2020 report the existence of 723,740 confirmed cases worldwide; 34,018 deaths and 202 countries affected. The countries with the highest number of cases are China (82,156); Italy (97,689); Spain (80,110); France (40,723); United States (143,055); and in Brazil 4,256 cases have been registered. Methodology Methodologically, the study's proposal is a scope review that allows for a comparative perspective in the six chosen countries and whose contexts in terms of labor rights and worker protection policies are very diverse and may help to identify counterpoints, approaches and differences. Expected Results To build evidence on delivery workers from the perspective of the right to health considering that it is a relatively new phenomenon in contemporary societies and with gaps in knowledge about rights, health and the possible effects of exercising this activity in the context of an emergency situation public health issues of international importance.