The role of weather conditions in COVID-19 transmission: A study of a global panel of 1236 regions.
In: Journal of cleaner production, Jg. 292 (2021-04-10), S. 125987
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Zugriff:
It is believed that weather conditions such as temperature and humidity have effects on COVID-19 transmission. However, these effects are not clear due to the limited observations and difficulties in separating impact of social distancing. COVID-19 data and social-economic features of 1236 regions in the world (1112 regions at the provincial level and 124 countries with the small land area) were collected. Large-scale satellite data was combined with these data with a regression analysis model to explore the effects of temperature and relative humidity on COVID-19 spreading, as well as the possible transmission risk by seasonal cycles. The result shows that temperature and relative humidity are negatively correlated with COVID-19 transmission throughout the world. Government intervention (e.g. lockdown policies) and lower population movement contributed to decrease the new daily case ratio. Weather conditions are not the decisive factor in COVID-19 transmission, in that government intervention as well as public awareness, could contribute to the mitigation of the spreading of the virus. So, it deserves a dynamic government policy to mitigate COVID-19 transmission in winter.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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The role of weather conditions in COVID-19 transmission: A study of a global panel of 1236 regions.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Zhang, C ; Liao, H ; Strobl, E ; Li, H ; Li, R ; Jensen, SS ; Zhang, Y |
Zeitschrift: | Journal of cleaner production, Jg. 292 (2021-04-10), S. 125987 |
Veröffentlichung: | <2004-> : Amsterdam : Elsevier Science ; <i>Original Publication</i>: Oxford, UK : Butterworth-Heinemann, Ltd, 1993-, 2021 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0959-6526 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.125987 |
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