The relationship between air pollution and Coronavirus

The relationship between air pollution and Coronavirus

The realationship between air pollution and Coronavirus

According to a study by Harvard University in the United States, the death rate from coronavirus is higher in areas of the United States where large amounts of PM2.5 particles are present in the air. World Health Organization (WHO) officials say increased levels of air pollution could pose an 

additional threat to people severely affected by Covid 19. Two recent studies, including at Harvard University, have found a link between air pollution and the death toll from the coronavirus. Director of the Department of Public Health and Environment at the WHO,Dr. Maria Naira, said that countries 

High level air pollution

with high levels of air pollution need to consider this factor in preparing for the fight against Covid 19. Countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia we are looking where air pollution is high, and we will map the most polluted cities in these areas with the help of data provided by the authorities there.

So that they can plan accordingly against the current epidemic. Medical experts say it is too early to prove a direct link between the corona virus epidemic and air pollution. But in many countries where air pollution is high, medical officials say they have also seen some patients who already had healthproblems due to air pollution and were more affected by the coronavirus.

Global air pollution

 According to the World Health Organization, air pollution kills about 7 million people worldwide each year. According to a World Bank report on global air pollution published last year, many of the countries most affected by 

air pollution are in South Asia, the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa. Many WHO and UN reports on the environment have identified several cities in the Latin American countries of Chile, Brazil, Mexico and Peru as dangerous in terms of air pollution. Research from Harvard 

University in the United States has shown that if the air pollution had been reduced many years before the outbreak of the coronavirus, the death rate from the virus would have been much lower. 

National air pollution

According to the study, a slight increase in airborne contaminants in the years leading up to the outbreak could lead to a 15 percent increase in deaths from covid 19. The study covers most US cities.Using national air pollution and census data, they have been compared to the death toll at Johns 

Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Center. According to the study by Harvard University's TN Chain School of Public Health, the death toll has risen in areas where PM2.5 particles are high in the atmosphere. PM2.5 contains very small particles in the atmosphere that are 13 times low the size 

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of a human hair. These particles have been linked to respiratory infections and lung cancer. Another study in northern Italy found that increased levels of air pollution were one of the main causes of death in the region during the Coronavirus epidemic. A joint study by the University of siana in Italy 

and the Aarhus University in Denmark also points to a link between air pollution and deaths from the coronavirus. As of March 21, the death toll from the coronavirus was 12 percent higher in the Italian regions of Lombardy and Emilia than in the rest of the country. According to the study, published in Science Direct, air pollution in northern Italy should be seen as an additional cause of more deaths.

High level pollution

 According to the World Health Organization, 90% of the world's population lives in areas with high levels of air pollution. Most of these populations are in poor countries. Cesar Bogasson, a respiratory 

therapist in the Philippines, says preliminary figures from his country show that almost all people who have died from the coronavirus already have health problems, most of them was related to air pollution. 

Link between air pollution and Covid 19

Last year, the World Air Quality Report said that India had the highest number of cities the

 highest levels of air pollution in the world. Some doctors in India say they are taking the possible link between air pollution and covid 19 very seriously. SK Chhabra, a senior doctor in Delhi, said, "If 

the epidemic spreads rapidly in India, people suffering from diseases due to air pollution will be more affected." Professor Srinath Reddy, president of the Public Health Foundation, agreed.

Avoid the coronavirus

If someone's have been already damaged by the respiratory tract and lung tissue by pollution, it will be very difficult for such a person to avoid the coronavirus." But public health officials in India say there is no information or evidence of this connection. "There is not enough evidence yet and we have not done any such research," said Dr Rajni Kant Shri Vastava, a spokesman for the Indian Council for 

Medical Research.In 2002, the SARS epidemic was caused by a virus belonging to the same family as the coronavirus. The SARS epidemic spread to 26 countries, illness 8,000 people and causing about 800 deaths. A 2003 study by University College London found that SARS patients living in 

Air pollution level around the world

areas with high levels of air pollution is double to chance of death. Air pollution levels around the world have dropped during the Coronavirus epidemic, but it is feared that pollution will rise again as lockdown eases.

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