Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

May 7, 2020

Effect of Temperature on the Transmission of COVID-19 A Machine Learning Case Study in Spain

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  • Using a machine learning approach, authors in three populous regions in Spain found a small inverse association between temperature and daily number of COVID-19 infections, and that this association persisted for lags of up to 6 days, corresponding to the mean incubation period for COVID-19. No evidence of association with humidity or wind speed was found. 

Abdollahi et al. (May 6, 2020). Effect of Temperature on the Transmission of COVID-19 A Machine Learning Case Study in Spain. Pre-print downloaded May 7 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.01.20087759