Commercial Fixed Wing
Dispatch Dispatcher
Workload; Time Pressure; Situational Awareness; Physiological - Other; Communication Breakdown; Distraction
ATC Issue All Types; Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR
General None Reported / Taken
Procedure; Human Factors; Environment - Non Weather Related
Due to numerous changes with airspace closures/restrictions due COVID cleaning at ARTCC's; I was so concerned with keeping this flight out of ETOPs areas while still avoiding airspace closures; that I totally missed the requirement for HF communication when the flight dipped into ZZZ (oceanic) airspace.May be [good to] have an alert reminding us to check for HF requirement when routing thru specific FIRs.
Dispatcher reported being distracted by ATC Zero events; airspace closures due to COVID and forgetting to inform a flight crew that HF radio communication would be necessary.