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The Correlation Between COVID-19 Activities and Climate Factors in Different Climate Types Areas
Zhenchao Liu1, Lin Zhu, Yue Wang
1Institute of Cerebrovascular Diseases, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao Shandong 266003, PR China (Mr Liu, Dr Zhu, Ms Wang, Mr Zhou, and Dr Guo).
Objective:
To investigate the epidemiological characteristics of human infection with corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Moscow, Lima, Kuwait, and Singapore to analyze the effects of climate factors on the incidence of COVID-19.
Methods:
Collect the daily incidence of COVID-19 and related climate data in four areas, construct a negative binomial regression model, and analyze the correlation between the incidence of COVID-19 and meteorological factors.
Results:
AH was the climate factor affecting the incidence of COVID-19 in Moscow, Lima, and Singapore; Ta and RH were the climate factors affecting the incidence of COVID-19 in Kuwait.
Conclusions:
The incidence of COVID-19 in four areas were all associated with the humidity, and climate factors should be taken into consideration when epidemic prevention measures are taken, and environment humidification may be a feasible approach to decrease COVID-19 virus transmission.
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