Vulnerability of weather on COVID-19 pandemic in West Java Indonesia

ABSTRACT

COVID-19 is a pandemic that spreads very fast. Until now COVID-19 has spread in 207 countries. This study aimed to analyze the correlation between weather factors and COVID-19 in West Java Indonesia. This study used a secondary data analysis of weather data from the Meteorological Department of the Republic of Indonesia and surveillance of COVID-19 from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia. The weather has five components including minimum temperature (0C) maximum temperature (0C) temperature average (0C) humidity (%) amount of rainfall (mm) and wind speed (m/s). Data were analyzed using Spearman’s rank correlation test. Result: Of the weather components only temperature average (r = 0.545;p 0.001) and humidity (r = -0.500;p 0.001) significantly correlated with COVID-19. The results can be used to decrease the pandemic of COVID-19 in Indonesia.