Revisiting the association between temperature and COVID-19 transmissibility across 117 countries
Simiao Chen, Klaus Prettner, Bin Cao, Pascal Geldsetzer, Michael Kühn, David E. Bloom, Till Bärnighausen, Chen Wang
Abstract
<b>There is a robust and significant negative association between #COVID19 transmissibility and ambient temperature at the country level. An increase of 1°C in temperature is associated with a decrease in the prevalence of COVID-19 by ∼5.4%.</b>https://bit.ly/32OTBiS
Topics & Concepts
Transmissibility (structural dynamics)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MedicineSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakAssociation (psychology)VirologyCoronavirus InfectionsInternal medicineDiseaseOutbreakAcousticsPhysicsPhilosophyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Vibration isolationVibrationEpistemologyCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 impact on air quality