Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

February 26, 2020

emperature significant change COVID-19 Transmission in 429 cities

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  • This meteorological study found that there may be some effect of temperature on the transmission of COVID-19, which may also help to explain the initial cluster of cases in cases in Wuhan. The authors suggest there may be a nonlinear dose-response relationship between temperature and virus transmission and that colder climates will require stricter control measures.

Wang et al. (Feb 25, 2020). Temperature significant change COVID-19 Transmission in 429 cities. Pre-print downloaded Feb 26 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.22.20025791