The role of weather conditions in COVID-19 transmission: A study of a global panel of 1236 regions

Zhang, Chen; Liao, Hua; Strobl, Eric; Li, Hui; Li, Ru; Jensen, Steen Solvang; Zhang, Ying (2021). The role of weather conditions in COVID-19 transmission: A study of a global panel of 1236 regions. Journal of cleaner production, 292, p. 125987. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.125987

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It is believed that weather conditions such as temperature and humidity have effects on COVID-19 transmission. However, these effects are not clear due to the limited observations and difficulties in separating impact of social distancing. COVID-19 data and social-economic features of 1236 regions in the world (1112 regions at the provincial level and 124 countries with the small land area) were collected. Large-scale satellite data was combined with these data with a regression analysis model to explore the effects of temperature and relative humidity on COVID-19 spreading, as well as the possible transmission risk by seasonal cycles. The result shows that temperature and relative humidity are negatively correlated with COVID-19 transmission throughout the world. Government intervention (e.g. lockdown policies) and lower population movement contributed to decrease the new daily case ratio. Weather conditions are not the decisive factor in COVID-19 transmission, in that government intervention as well as public awareness, could contribute to the mitigation of the spreading of the virus. So, it deserves a dynamic government policy to mitigate COVID-19 transmission in winter.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Economics

UniBE Contributor:

Strobl, Eric Albert

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics

ISSN:

0959-6526

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Dino Collalti

Date Deposited:

07 Feb 2022 13:29

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:04

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.125987

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/164676

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/164676

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