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Correlation of ambient temperature and COVID-19 incidence in Canada.
To, Teresa; Zhang, Kimball; Maguire, Bryan; Terebessy, Emilie; Fong, Ivy; Parikh, Supriya; Zhu, Jingqin.
  • To T; Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: teresa.to@sickkids.ca.
  • Zhang K; Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Maguire B; Biostatistics, Design and Analysis, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Terebessy E; Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Fong I; Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Parikh S; Biostatistics, Design and Analysis, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Zhu J; Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Sci Total Environ ; 750: 141484, 2021 Jan 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-693584
ABSTRACT
The SARS-CoV-2 is a novel coronavirus identified as the cause of COVID-19 and, as the pandemic evolves, many have made parallels to previous epidemics such as SARS-CoV (the cause of an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome [SARS]) in 2003. Many have speculated that, like SARS, the activity of SARS-CoV-2 will subside when the climate becomes warmer. We sought to determine the relationship between ambient temperature and COVID-19 incidence in Canada. We analyzed over 77,700 COVID-19 cases from four Canadian provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec) from January to May 2020. After adjusting for precipitation, wind gust speed, and province in multiple linear regression models, we found a positive, but not statistically significant, association between cumulative incidence and ambient temperature (14.2 per 100,000 people; 95%CI -0.60-29.0). We also did not find a statistically significant association between total cases or effective reproductive number of COVID-19 and ambient temperature. Our findings do not support the hypothesis that higher temperatures will reduce transmission of COVID-19 and warns the public not to lose vigilance and to continue practicing safety measures such as hand washing, social distancing, and use of facial masks despite the warming climates.
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Texto completo: Disponível Coleções: Bases de dados internacionais Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Pneumonia Viral / Infecções por Coronavirus / Pandemias Tipo de estudo: Estudo observacional Limite: Humanos País/Região como assunto: América do Norte Idioma: Inglês Revista: Sci Total Environ Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Artigo

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Texto completo: Disponível Coleções: Bases de dados internacionais Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Pneumonia Viral / Infecções por Coronavirus / Pandemias Tipo de estudo: Estudo observacional Limite: Humanos País/Região como assunto: América do Norte Idioma: Inglês Revista: Sci Total Environ Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Artigo