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Effects of temperature and humidity on the spread of COVID-19: A systematic review.

Paulo Mecenas Alves Farias-JuniorRenata Travassos da Rosa Moreira BastosAntonio Carlos Rosário VallinotoDavid Normando
Published in: PloS one (2020)
Considering the existing scientific evidence, warm and wet climates seem to reduce the spread of COVID-19. However, these variables alone could not explain most of the variability in disease transmission. Therefore, the countries most affected by the disease should focus on health policies, even with climates less favorable to the virus. Although the certainty of the evidence generated was classified as low, there was homogeneity between the results reported by the included studies.
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