The study looked at 144 geopolitical areas and found little or no association between latitude or temperature with epidemic growth of COVID-19 and a weak association between humidity and reduced transmission TORONTO : coronavirus, coronavirus pandemic, temperature, humid weather, COVID-19 disease, coronavirus transmission, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Donald Trump Temperature and latitude are not associated with the spread of the COVID-19 disease, say researchers, adding that they found a weak association between humidity and reduced transmission.
The results — that hotter weather had no effect on the pandemic's progression -- surprised the authors. "Our study provides important new evidence, using global data from the COVID-19