Stringency of COVID-19 Containment Response Policies and Air Quality Changes: A Global Analysis across 1851 Cities
Jiawei Zhang, Youn‐Hee Lim, Zorana Jovanovic Andersen, George Napolitano, Seyed Mahmood Taghavi Shahri, Rina So, Maude Helen Plucker, Mahdieh Danesh-Yazdi, Tom Cole‐Hunter, Jeanette T. Jørgensen, Shuo Liu, Marie Bergmann, Amar Mehta, Laust Hvas Mortensen, Weeberb J. Réquia, Theis Lange, Steffen Loft, Nino Küenzli, Joel Schwartz, Heresh Amini
Abstract
reduction in more populated and polluted cities. Our results demonstrate that AQ improved when and where stringent COVID-19 CRPs were implemented, changed less under moderate CRPs, and even deteriorated under mild CRPs. These changes were location-, region-, and CRP-specific.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakPopulationSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Environmental healthMedicineBusinessOutbreakInternal medicineDiseaseVirologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)COVID-19 impact on air qualityAir Quality and Health ImpactsClimate Change and Health Impacts