The spread of COVID-19 virus through population density and wind in Turkey cities
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Tarih
2021
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Elsevier
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Beyond the contact and respiratory transmission of the COVID-19 virus, it has recently been reported in the literature that humidity, temperature, and air pollution may be effective in spreading the virus. However, taking the measurements regionally suspects the accuracy or validity of the data. In this research, climate values (temperature, humidity, number of sunny days, wind intensity) of 81 provinces in Turkey were collected in March 2020. Also, the population, population density of the provinces, and average air pollution data were taken. The findings of the study showed that population density and wind were effective in spreading the virus and both factors explained for 94% of the variance in virus spreading. Air temperature, humidity, the number of sunny days, and air pollution did not affect the number of cases. Besides, population density mediated the effect of wind speed (9%) on the number of COVID-19 cases. The finding that COVID-19 virus, invisible in the air, spreads more in windy weather indicates that the virus in the air is one threatening factor for humans with the wind speed that increases air circulation. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
COVID-19 Virus, Respiratory Transmission, Climate, Wind Speed, Population Density
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Science Of The Total Environment
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Q1
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Q1
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751
