Nature Communications, may be valuable in understanding how best to protect against COVID-19 as the disease potentially shifts from pandemic to endemic status.Study co-author Gabriel Vecchi, a professor of geosciences at the High Meadows Environmental Institute, at Princeton University, in New Jersey, says:“The influence of climate and weather on infection rates should become more evident — and thus a potentially useful source of information for disease prediction — as growing immunity moves the disease into endemic phases from the present epidemic stage.”Stay informed with live updates on the current COVID-19 outbreak and visit our coronavirus hub for more advice on prevention and treatment.Many viruses are more active in winter than.