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the Direct dependence of the spread of coronavirus infection by the climate there, said the scientific Director of the hydrometeorological center of Russia Roman Vilfand. As an example, he cited the activity COVID-19 in Thailand, Turkey, Israel and other warm countries.
“In the same Thailand, where the temperature is about 30 degrees, there is a coronavirus, and hard action against him. In the middle East, Turkey, Israel, Syria, the temperature is about 25 degrees, and nothing, it spreads actively. I do not believe that it is directly dependent on the weather”, – quotes the words of Vilfand TASS.
the specialist said that it is impossible to exclude and a complete lack of the influence of climate on the spread of the coronavirus. Perhaps indirectly the solar activity has an impact, but we need a strong evidence base, he said.
Earlier, experts from the Chinese sun Yat-sen University have studied the peculiarities of propagation caused by a virus SARS-CoV-2 infection COVID-19 and came to the conclusion that for the transmission of the pathogen ideal humidity of 35-50% and temperature from 5 to 8.72 degrees Celsius.
the study showed, the activity of the coronavirus declined sharply at temperatures greater 8.72 degrees. Moreover, at 30 degrees of heat its infectious rate is equal to zero.
According to the latest who data, in the world of coronavirus infected more than 638 thousand people, more than 30 thousand died. In Russia recorded more than 1.5 thousand cases, recovered 64 people died 8 people.
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