Correlations between Meteorological Indicators, Air Quality and the COVID-19 Pandemic in 12 Cities across China

Huang, Huiying; Liang, Xinnian; Huang, Jingxiu; Zhang, Yuan; Ouyang, Handong; Wei, Yaming; Bai, Xiaohui

doi:10.1007/s40201-020-00564-y

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“…In accordance with the outcomes from the studies carried out by Huang et al, 2020b;Sarkodie and Owusu, 2020, we found precipitation to be bene cial for the better recovery. People residing in the area with lesser Temp recovered in greater count while Hm, WS, CLD didn't pose any signi cance as observed during the study period.…”

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confidence: 88%

Does Environment has any role in recovery from COVID-19 pandemic? A case study from India.

Gupta¹,

Saha

2021

Preprint

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The present study has investigated the role of meteorology and air quality for recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Using Pearson’s correlation method, we look into if there is any significant association occurs between the district level recovery case counts and different remote sensing based environmental variables. Among weather parameters, only precipitation and air temperature found to be significantly correlated with recovery situation. However, all the pollutants’ concentration was negatively correlated with count of recovery cases. It depicts that air quality might has greater importance in recovery from this disease. During late monsoon onwards, recovery rate was getting more than the infections which indicate that lesser temperature and good rainfall could help the air to be freshen. Through air pollution was greater during winter and post monsoon than the summer season in India the higher recovery rate was counted during post-monsoon and winter which suggest that patients may require lesser temperate ambient for better recovery. Spatial patterns also suggest that north-eastern hilly region followed by districts located in the northern mountain had better recovery where the pollutants’ concentration was also quite lower during the study period. Therefore, improving air quality with proper preventive precaution could help to combat the pandemic situation in India.

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confidence: 88%

Does Environment has any role in recovery from COVID-19 pandemic? A case study from India.

Gupta¹,

Saha

2021

Preprint

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“…Similarly, a study in Dhaka, Bangladesh, found that the AQI was negatively associated with the number of new COVID-19 cases and the total number of cases ( Pavel et al, 2020 ). There was no correlation found between the number of new COVID-19 cases and the AQI in 12 cities in China during the pandemic ( Huang et al, 2020 ). In contrast, a study of the incidence numbers in Wuhan and XiaoGan, China reported that the AQI was positively associated with daily COVID-19 incidence ( Li et al, 2020 ).…”

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confidence: 91%

Influence of air pollution and meteorological factors on the spread of COVID-19 in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region and air quality during the outbreak

Sangkham

Thongtip

Vongruang

2021

Environmental Research

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This study investigated the effects of weather conditions, air pollutants, and the air quality index (AQI) on daily cases of COVID-19 in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR). In this research, we collected data from January 1 to March 30, 2020 (90 days). This study used secondary data of meteorological and air pollutant parameters obtained from the Pollution Control Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment as well as daily confirmed COVID-19 case data in the BMR obtained from the official webpage of the Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand. We employed descriptive statistics, and Spearman and Kendall rank correlation tests were used to investigate the associations of weather variables, air pollutants, AQI with daily confirmed COVID-19 cases. Our findings indicate that CO, NO 2 , SO 2 , O 3 PM 10 , PM 2.5 , AQI have a significantly negative association with daily confirmed COVID-19 cases in the BMR, whereas meteorological parameters such as temperature, relative humidity (RH), absolute humidity (AH) and wind speed (WS) showed significant positive associations with daily confirmed COVID-19 cases in the BMR. Our study is a useful supplement to encourage regulatory bodies to promote environmental strategies, as air pollution regulation could be a sustainable policy for mitigating the harmful effects of air pollutants. Furthermore, this study provides new insights into the relationship between daily meteorological factors, AQI, and air pollutants and daily confirmed COVID-19 cases in the BMR. These data may provide useful information to the public health authorities and decision makers in Thailand, as well as to the World Health Organization (WHO), in order to set proper strategic aimed at reducing the impact of the COVID-19. Future studies concerning SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses should investigate the possibility of infectious droplet dispersion in indoor and outdoor air during and after the epidemic outbreak.

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“…showed no correlation between wind speed, humidity, and precipitation with the recovery rate of COVID-19 cases in China. [ 93 ] Chowdhury et al . reported the influence of temperature, UV index, and relative humidity on the number of COVID-19 cases.…”

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What Are the Effects of Climate Variables on COVID-19 Pandemic? A Systematic review and Current Update

Moazeni

Rahimi

Ebrahimi

2023

Advanced Biomedical Research

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The climatological parameters can be different in various geographical locations. Moreover, they have possible impacts on COVID-19 incidence. Therefore, the purpose of this systematic review article was to describe the effects of climatic variables on COVID-19 pandemic in different countries. Systematic literature search was performed in Scopus, ISI Web of Science, and PubMed databases using (“Climate” OR “Climate Change” OR “Global Warming” OR “Global Climate Change” OR “Meteorological Parameters” OR “Temperature” OR “Precipitation” OR “Relative Humidity” OR “Wind Speed” OR “Sunshine” OR “Climate Extremes” OR “Weather Extremes”) AND (“COVID” OR “Coronavirus disease 2019” OR “COVID-19” OR “SARS-CoV-2” OR “Novel Coronavirus”) keywords. From 5229 articles, 424 were screened and 149 were selected for further analysis. The relationship between meteorological parameters is variable in different geographical locations. The results indicate that among the climatic indicators, the temperature is the most significant factor that influences on COVID-19 pandemic in most countries. Some studies were proved that warm and wet climates can decrease COVID-19 incidence; however, the other studies represented that warm location can be a high risk of COVID-19 incidence. It could be suggested that all climate variables such as temperature, humidity, rainfall, precipitation, solar radiation, ultraviolet index, and wind speed could cause spread of COVID-19. Thus, it is recommended that future studies will survey the role of all meteorological variables and interaction between them on COVID-19 spread in specific small areas such as cities of each country and comparison between them.

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Correlations between Meteorological Indicators, Air Quality and the COVID-19 Pandemic in 12 Cities across China

Cited by 16 publications

References 45 publications

Does Environment has any role in recovery from COVID-19 pandemic? A case study from India.

Does Environment has any role in recovery from COVID-19 pandemic? A case study from India.

Influence of air pollution and meteorological factors on the spread of COVID-19 in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region and air quality during the outbreak

What Are the Effects of Climate Variables on COVID-19 Pandemic? A Systematic review and Current Update

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