Open AccessCOVID-19 and air pollution: A dangerous association?
Author(s) -
Marilyn UrrutiaPereira,
Carlos Augusto Mello-da-Silva,
Dirceu Solé
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
allergologia et immunopathologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.483
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1578-1267
pISSN - 0301-0546
DOI - 10.1016/j.aller.2020.05.004
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , medicine , air pollution , environmental health , agency (philosophy) , china , pollution , environmental protection , environmental planning , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , virology , environmental science , outbreak , geography , philosophy , chemistry , organic chemistry , epistemology , pathology , ecology , archaeology , biology
In late 2019, a new infectious disease (COVID-19) was identified in Wuhan, China, which has now turned into a global pandemic. Countries around the world have implemented some type of blockade to lessen their infection and mitigate it. The blockade due to COVID-19 has drastic effects on the social and economic fronts. However, recent data released by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), European Space Agency (ESA), Copernicus Sentinel-5P Tropomi Instrument and Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) indicate that the pollution in some of the epicenters of COVID-19, such as Wuhan, Italy, Spain, USA, and Brazil, reduced by up to 30%. This study compiled the environmental data released by these centers and discussed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on environmental pollution.
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