The corona virus first developed in Wuhan China (temperet climate). But now it has spread to the tropics (for example Brazil, Indonesia and countries in Africa). Please inform whether climate influences the spread of the corona virus. Thank you
I think ultraviolet radiation is an important factor for supressing virus distribution. So sunny countries will have lower infection than others.
Please see the link below.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.12.20034728v1.full.pdf
in my opinion, yes because high temperature could affect on the phospholipid cell membrane of corona virus and vice versa
Doesn't seem to be affected by climate, rather by human contacts.
The world health organization (who) said that the climate does not affect the development and manifestation of the coronavirus in any way.
It is necessary to consider this virus as one that can be transmitted in other regions in the same way as in China. At the moment, there is no reason to believe that the virus can manifest differently in different climatic conditions.
No direct correlation has been established yet...Research is going on. Let's wait for some more scientific research...
The judgment is very soon. But considering world map of spreading virus at Apr 14, 2020 ( https://www.kff.org/glbal-health-policy/fact-sheet/coronavirus-tracker/ ), you see that in the moderate climates in northen hemisphere , virus has a high intensity, and the intensity is not high at very hot climates(southern hemisphere) and very cold climates(Rusia, Canada ). May be this region of the world(moderate climates) is the optimal ecological nich for covid_19.
Arguably, a virus is non living thing as long as it stays outside the host body. We still do not have any proof to directly correlate the spread of virus with the climate, as it’s spread through direct contact. But it’s clear that the persistence and rate of multiplication is very low in tropics compared to those with temperate climate.
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Please take a look at this RG link
Article CLIMATE IMPACT ON CORONA VIRUS IN THE WORLD
@Wasuki Climate influence on the spread of Corona can't be denied.
I think that the climate has a great effect in spreading this virus. On the other hand, please let me ask the following three questions:
- Is there a lack of interpretability and transparency related to this virus?
- Did we reach a state with this pandemic that is hard to control and monitor?
- Is COVID-19 one of nature's secretions or it has been fabricated in the laboratories of one or more countries?
Have a look at this useful RG link.
Article Climate and the spread of COVID-19
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