Corona virus is very sensitive to high temperatures

In the morning , a team of experts from Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province (China) conducted a study to find a way to determine the spread of corona virus. How can be affected by seasonal and weather changes.

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The results of the study showed that temperature plays an important role in the way corona virus works. 'Temperature can significantly change the virus spread. And there may also be the ideal temperature threshold for it to spread rapidly, 'the researchers wrote.

The study also found that the virus is very sensitive to high temperatures, which can prevent it from spreading to warmer countries, while it also spreads more strongly in colder regions. As a result, researchers suggest that low-temperature countries and regions need to enforce strict controls.

Many governments and health officials are also thinking that the corona virus will get less well when the weather warms, basically like the same viruses that cause the common cold and flu.

However, a separate study by a team of researchers, including epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch from Harvard University School of Public Health Chan showed that the infection of corona virus and the rapid increase of infections can occur in a variety of humidity conditions - from dry and cold provinces in China to tropical regions like the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the south of this country and Singapore.

'Weather, like an increase in temperature and humidity during the spring and summer months in the Northern Hemisphere, will not reduce infections without implementing drastic medical interventions,' the study said. write.

The Guangzhou team carried out their research based on all virus infections around the world from January 20 to February 4, including more than 400 cities and regions in China. These figures were then modeled based on official meteorological data in January across China and each country's capital city affected by the disease.

'Temperature . has an impact on people's living environment . and may play an important role in public health from the perspective of spread and disease control,' the study wrote. The researchers also pointed out that the climate may play a part in the cause of the outbreak of Covid-19 in Wuhan, China.

Other experts, like Hassan Zaraket from the Center for Infectious Diseases Research at the University of Beirut in the US, say it is likely that warm weather and high humidity can make the corona virus unstable and therefore less likely to spread, Like other flu viruses.

However, Mike Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Emergency Medical Program, also advises people not to think that the Covid-19 epidemic will automatically cool down in the summer.

'We have to be aware that the virus will continue to be able to spread. It would be a false hope to say that it will disappear like the flu . We must not think so and there is no evidence to show that, 'Ryan said.

Lesley Montoya

Update 09 March 2020