Impact of Heat Index and Ultraviolet Index on COVID-19 in Major Cities of Pakistan.
Journal
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
ISSN: 1536-5948
Titre abrégé: J Occup Environ Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9504688
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 02 2021
01 02 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
7
10
2020
medline:
12
2
2021
entrez:
6
10
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The world population is under the grip of global pandemic of COVID-19. The present study analyzed relationship between meteorological parameters and COVID-19 in three major cities of Pakistan, that is, Karachi, Lahore, and Peshawar. The impacts of heat index (HI) and ultraviolet index (UVI) over daily COVID-19 cases have examined to identify its transmission and propagation. The significance of basic reproductive number (R0), growth rate (Gr) and doubling time (Td) of COVID-19 with HI and UVI was determined. Both indices show a significant positive correlation (at 5% significance level) to R0, Td, and Gr of COVID-19 patients. Our results showed that the minimum threshold temperature of 33 °C for HI (with a positive variation of 3 °C to 5 °C) put a significant impact on new cases. HI and UVI impacted significantly to decline COVID-19 cases over the region.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33021515
pii: 00043764-202102000-00003
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002039
pmc: PMC7864608
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
98-103Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of Interest: None declared.
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