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Study Highlights Link Between Atmospheric Pollutants and COVID-19 Incidence
Written by AZoCleantechDec 17 2020
A thorough study targeted the probable connection between a low air quality index and COVID-19 spread in Italy, in Q2 of 2020.
Image Credit: Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) Foundation.
Led by the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) Foundation, the study points toward the possible short-term correlation between exposure to three familiar atmospheric pollutants (PM
10, PM
2) and COVID-19 incidence, lethality and mortality rates.
It has been speculated that the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that caused the present pandemic outbreak, is associated with short-term and long-term exposure to atmospheric pollutants, mostly particulate matters (PMs).
Atmospheric pollution and COVID-19 spread in Italy
The spread of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible for the current pandemic outbreak, has been speculated to be linked to short-term and long-term atmospheric pollutants exposure, mainly particulate matters (PMs). It is in fact possible for people living in highly industrialized areas, therefore exposed to higher pollution levels, to show more severe symptoms. Further studies have pointed out that atmospheric pollutants can act as virus carriers and boost pandemic diffusion.
A study recently published on Environmental Pollution searched for any potential short-term correlation between these two phenomena.
The research led by the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) Foundation and carried out in collaboration with the University of Salento and the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS) focused on the analysis of atmospheric pollutants concentrations (PM10, PM2.5, NO2) along with the spatio-temporal distribut