The role of weather conditions in COVID-19 transmission: A study of a global panel of 1236 regions.

ABSTRACT: 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 (

SUBMITTER: Zhang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7816859 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature