High-Risk Employees

Based on currently available information and clinical expertise, older adults and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions might be at a increased  risk for severe illness related to COVID-19.

Those considered at are older adults (aged 65 years and older) or those with any of the following medical conditions:

• Cancer
• Chronic kidney disease
• Chronic lung diseases, including COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), asthma (moderate-to-severe), interstitial lung disease, cystic fibrosis, and pulmonary hypertension
• Chronic lung diseases can make you more likely to get severely ill from COVID-19. These diseases may include:
  
  -Asthma, if it’s moderate to severe
  -Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including emphysema and chronic bronchitis
  -Having damaged or scarred lung tissue such as interstitial lung disease (including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis)
  -Cystic fibrosis, with or without lung or other solid organ transplant
  -Pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs)
   
• Dementia or other neurological conditions
• Diabetes (type 1 or type 2)
• Down syndrome
• Heart conditions (such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathies or hypertension)
• HIV infection
• Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system)
• Liver disease
• Overweight and obesity
• Pregnancy
• Sickle cell disease or thalassemia
• Smoking, current or former
• Solid organ or blood stem cell transplant
• Stroke or cerebrovascular disease, which affects blood flow to the brain
• Substance use disorders

Employees who have a documented medical condition that places them at an increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19, as identified by the CDC, may submit a request for a temporary workplace adjustment by completing the Temporary COVID-19  Workplace Adjustment Request Form.