Impact of biomass induced black carbon particles in cascading COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: We explore the association of biomass-induced black carbon aerosolized virus with COVID-19 in one of the top-ranked polluted hot spot regions of the world, Delhi, at the time when other confounding factors were almost stable and the pandemic wave was on the declining stage. Delhi was worst affected by COVID-19. However, when it was fast returning back to normal after about 6 months with minimum fatalities, it suddenly encountered a reversal with a 10 fold increase in infection counts, coinciding with the onset of the stubble burning period in neighbouring states. We hereby report that the crop residue burning induced lethal aged Black carbon-rich particles which engulfs Delhi during the post-monsoon months of October-November are strongly associated with COVID-19 and largely responsible fo

SUBMITTER: Rathod A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8264527 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature