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Revisiting the association between temperature and COVID-19 transmissibility across 117 countries.

Simiao ChenKlaus PrettnerBin CaoPascal GeldsetzerMichael KuhnDavid E BloomTill BärnighausenChen Wang
Published in: ERJ open research (2020)
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%. https://bit.ly/32OTBiS.
Keyphrases
  • coronavirus disease
  • sars cov
  • air pollution
  • respiratory syndrome coronavirus
  • particulate matter