Evidence and magnitude of the effects of meteorological changes on SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Intensity and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, and planning required to balance concerns of saving lives and avoiding economic collapse, could depend significantly on whether SARS-CoV-2 transmission is sensitive to seasonal changes.

Objective

Hypothesis is that increasing temperature results in reduced SARS CoV-2 transmission and may help slow the increase of cases over time.

Setting

Fifty representative Northern Hemisphere countries meeting specific criteria had sufficient COVID-19 case and meteorological data for analysis.

Methods

Regression was used to find the relationship between the log of number of COVID-19 cases and temperature over time in 50 representative countries. To summarize the day-day variability, and reduce dimensionality, we sele

SUBMITTER: Kaplin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7888632 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature