Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

A cross-sectional analysis of meteorological factors and SARS-CoV-2 transmission in 409 cities across 26 countries

  • Francesco Sera,
  • Ben Armstrong,
  • Sam Abbott,
  • Sophie Meakin,
  • Kathleen O’Reilly,
  • Rosa von Borries,
  • Rochelle Schneider,
  • Dominic Royé,
  • Masahiro Hashizume,
  • Mathilde Pascal,
  • Aurelio Tobias,
  • Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera,
  • MCC Collaborative Research Network,
  • CMMID COVID-19 Working Group,
  • Antonio Gasparrini,
  • Rachel Lowe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25914-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Possible effects of weather conditions on COVID-19 transmission are debated. Here, the authors analyse data from early in the pandemic and show that although temperature and humidity had small effects on transmission, they were far out-weighed by the effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions.