Association between temperature, humidity, and COVID-19 outbreaks in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh COVID-19 Coronavirus Humidity Temperature

Journal

Environmental science & policy
ISSN: 1462-9011
Titre abrégé: Environ Sci Policy
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101561733

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Dec 2020
Historique:
received: 08 05 2020
revised: 15 07 2020
accepted: 20 08 2020
pubmed: 31 8 2020
medline: 31 8 2020
entrez: 1 9 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

This study aimed to determine the association between average temperature and humidity with COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. This study included 9,455 confirmed cases during the observation period (March 08, 2020 to May 03, 2020). The peak spread of COVID-19 occurred at an average temperature of 26 °C. We find, under a linear regression framework, high temperature and high humidity significantly reduce the transmission of COVID-19, respectively. It indicates that the arrival of summer and rainy season in Bangladesh can effectively reduce the transmission of the COVID-19. However, it is unlikely that the COVID-19 pandemic diminishes by summer since Bangladesh still have a high coronavirus transmission. Therefore, other public health interventions such as social distancing are still important for blocking the COVID-19 transmission.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32863760
doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2020.08.012
pii: S1462-9011(20)30607-9
pmc: PMC7447231
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

253-255

Informations de copyright

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors report no declarations of interest.

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Auteurs

Syed Emdadul Haque (SE)

Department of Research and Training, UChicago Research Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Mosiur Rahman (M)

Department of Population Science and Human Resource Development, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh.

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