ABSTRACT
Since the onset of the pandemic caused by Covid-19, air pollution has been repeatedly implicated for a possible role in determining the magnitude of the outbreak. The present paper aims to find out whether such an association exists between air pollution and Covid-19. For examining such a relationship in India, data on air quality parameters (SO2, NO2, PM2.5, and PM10) and Covid-19 from 30 states were considered. The extent of air pollution was seen to influence the pandemic only in certain locations. Future research may consider it as a potential area for quantifying the threshold. The mitigation of the pandemic should incorporate a particular focus on air pollution.
ABSTRACT
Weather parameters may have some role in determining the spread of Coronavirus disease 2019. Daily data on COVID-19 from Pune, India were collected from 17th May to 4th July 2020 and analyzed with such parameters. Relative humidity was found to have a positive relationship with the number of daily cases, even after taking a lag period of one week. Further studies may be helpful in understanding such relationships.