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January 02, 2021 08:59
Sunlight could be a life-saver amid the coronavirus epidemic as studies show that vitamin D is essential in boosting the immune system against the disease.
One study even shows that coronavirus infections decline on sunny days. A team of researchers led by Jonathan Proctor at Harvard University showed that the coronavirus spreads faster in the winter when it s darker with lower levels of UV radiation than during summer.
The team found that the increase rate of coronavirus infections fell an average of seven percent in the summer. The researchers studied coronavirus infection rates in 173 countries to gather the data.