Do environmental factors such as weather conditions and air pollution influence COVID-19 outbreaks?
The first major outbreaks of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were seen in a narrow latitude band in areas sharing similar meteorological conditions and having high levels of air pollution. A large number of scientific studies have addressed the possible relationship between meteorological conditions, air pollution and COVID-19 pandemics. In this report we provide a critical overview of selected studies. We further evaluate the importance of air pollution for the transmission of COVID-19 by aerosols in the ambient outdoor conditions, provide an estimate of the upper bound for the impact of air pollution on the COVID-19 mortality and maps showing the probability of the occurrence of potentially favourable environmental conditions over Europe during the year.
DOBRICIC Srdan;
PISONI Enrico;
POZZOLI Luca;
VAN DINGENEN Rita;
LETTIERI Teresa;
WILSON Julian;
VIGNATI Elisabetta;
2020-10-06
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC121505
978-92-76-22153-1 (online),
978-92-76-22178-4 (print),
1831-9424 (online),
1018-5593 (print),
EUR 30376 EN,
OP KJ-NA-30376-EN-N (online),
OP KJ-NA-30376-EN-C (print),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC121505,
10.2760/6831 (online),
10.2760/311069 (print),
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