Correlating key climate change variables and spread of Covid-19 pandemic in India- A critical review | Original Article

ABSTRACT:

According to a visual study of globe maps, nations closer to the equator, where heat and humidity are more common, have a lower prevalence of coronavirus illness 2019 (COVID-19). Many variables complicate the link between COVID-19 and climate, thus scientists are divided on how to interpret this finding. It is important to compensate for characteristics such as air travel, automobile concentration, urbanisation, COVID-19 testing intensity, cell phone use, income and old-age dependency ratio when calculating the logarithm of confirmed COVID-19 cases per million people in a nation. Cases per million people increased by 4.3 as of January 9, 2021, when a one-degree rise in absolute latitude was taken into account. Our findings suggest that a nation that is 1000 kilometres closer to the equator should expect a 33 decrease in incidents per million people. It is reasonable to assume a 64 percent difference in instances per million people between two hypothetical nations whose temperatures shift to a comparable level as two nearby seasons since the Earth's tilt toward the sun changes by 23.5 degrees between spring and fall. According to our findings, new cases of COVID-19 should decrease in the summer and rise in the winter in most nations. However, our findings do not mean that the disease would disappear during the summer or that it will not afflict nations located close to the equator in the near future. SARS-CoV-2 containment efforts may be aided rather than hindered by summer's higher temperatures and more intense UV radiation.