COVID-19 has made the world to rethink on their work life. With the increasing infected people and death rate, it is vital to rethink about the work setting where people are gathered in big numbers. The study on “COVID-19 in Sri Lanka and Work Setting Changes” is a comprehensive literature survey which was conducted by incorporating desk research strategy in addition to the rational thinking of the author and observations. Throughout the study COVID-19 and the workplace preparedness for COVID-19 in the world and Sri Lanka was addressed. Reasonably believing that this study contributed to existing literature, the author wishes to state the limitations faced and few recommendations for further researches.
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