Climate and the spread of COVID-19

Chen, Simiao; Prettner, Klaus; Kühn, Michael; Geldsetzer, Pascal; Wang, Chen; Bärnighausen, Till; E. Bloom, David

doi:10.1038/s41598-021-87692-z

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Climate and the spread of COVID-19

Published in Scientific Reports • Apr 27, 2021

Authors:

Simiao Chen

Klaus Prettner

Michael Kühn

Abstract

Visual inspection of world maps shows that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is less prevalent in countries closer to the equator, where heat and humidity tend to be higher. Scientists disagree how to interpret this observation because the relationship between COVID-19 and climatic conditions may ...

Subject

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

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