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CLAUDIO REYES
The Harvard research suggests Covid-19 death rates in the United States rose where there was a high concentration of fine particle matter (PM2.5).
High levels of air pollution might raise the danger of passing away from Covid-19, two research studies recommend.
Dr Maria Neira, of the World Health Organization (WHO), informed BBC News nations with high contamination levels, many in Latin America, Africa and Asia, must increase their preparations.
Those with underlying pollution-related conditions have developed extreme Covid-19 in nations with high levels.
However doctor state it is too early to show a direct relationship.
” We will be doing a map of the majority of contaminated cities based upon our database to support national authorities in these regions so that they can prepare their epidemic action plan accordingly,” Dr Neira stated.
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Eduardo Munoz Alvarez
The Harvard research study recommends lower contamination levels in the years before the pandemic could have led to a considerable reduction in Covid-19 death rates.
An US study suggests Covid-19 death rates increase by about 15%in locations with even a small increase in fine-particle contamination levels in the years prior to the pandemic.
” Patterns in Covid-19 death rates normally mimic patterns in both high population density and high [particulate matter] PM2.5 exposure areas,” the Harvard University report says.
These particles, one-30 th the size of a human hair, have previously been connected to health problems consisting of respiratory infections and lung cancer.
The Harvard research study has not yet been peer evaluated but Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich chair of epidemiology Air contamination connected to raised Covid-19 death riskProf Annette Peters told BBC News its findings “are in line with earlier reports on hospitalisation and mortality due to pneumonia”.
” It is among the first research studies corroborating our suspicion and the hypothesis that severity of the Covid-19 infection may be augmented by particulate matter air contamination,” she stated.
Report author Prof Francesca Dominici stated: “We hope it will help stop the air quality from becoming worse, especially when we are becoming aware of authorities attempting to relax contamination rules amidst this pandemic.”
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MARCO BERTORELLO
Another research study suggests a possible link in between high levels of air contamination and Covid-19 deaths in northern Italy.
Another study, at the University of Siena, in Italy, and Arhus University, in Denmark, recommends a possible link between high levels of air contamination and Covid-19 deaths in northern Italy.
The Lombardy and Emilia Romagna areas had death rates of about 12%, compared to 4.5%in the rest of Italy.
The study, published in Science Direct, states: “The high level of contamination in northern Italy must be considered an extra co-factor of the high level of lethality taped in that location.”
Population, age, differing health systems, and a variation in avoidance policies across regions ought to likewise be taken into consideration.
Air pollution already eliminates about 7 million individuals every year, the WHO states.
And more than 90%of the world’s population live in places where air contamination surpasses its standard limits, mostly in bad countries.
Cities in Chile, Brazil, Mexico and Peru likewise have unsafe levels of air contamination, according to numerous WHO and United Nations reports.
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Hindustan Times
India has the most cities with high air contamination levels, the World Air Quality Report states.
However the World Air Quality Report 2019 suggests India has the most cities with high air contamination levels.
India has actually tape-recorded 521 Covid-19 deaths so far.
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Mario Tama
Cities in Chile, Brazil, Mexico and Peru also have dangerous levels of air pollution.
The 2002 serious intense respiratory syndrome (Sars) outbreak, caused by a various pressure of coronavirus, infected more than 8,000 individuals, in 26 nations, and eliminated practically 800.
And a 2003 University of California, Los Angeles study suggested people from areas of high air contamination were more than two times as likely to die from the illness.
