Spread of {SARS}-{CoV}-2 through Latin America and the Caribbean region: A look from its economic conditions, climate and air pollution indicators

La pandemia de COVID-19
impactó la calidad del aire
Air quality
COVID-19 pandemic

Tomás R. Bolaño-Ortiz, Yiniva Camargo-Caicedo, Salvador Enrique Puliafito, María Florencia Ruggeri, Sindy Bolaño-Diaz, Romina Pascual-Flores, Jorge Saturno, Sergio Ibarra-Espinosa, Olga L. Mayol-Bracero, Elvis Torres-Delgado, Francisco Cereceda-Balic, Spread of SARS-CoV-2 through Latin America and the Caribbean region: A look from its economic conditions, climate and air pollution indicators, Environmental Research 191: 109938, doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109938

Autores/as

Tomás R. Bolaño-Ortiz

Yiniva Camargo-Caicedo

Salvador Enrique Puliafito

María Florencia Ruggeri

Sindy Bolaño-Diaz

Romina Pascual-Flores

Jorge Saturno

Sergio Ibarra-Espinosa

Olga L. Mayol-Bracero

Elvis Torres-Delgado

Francisco Cereceda-Balic

Fecha de publicación

diciembre 2020

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This study evaluates the impact of climate and air pollution on the spread of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Abstract

We have evaluated the spread of SARS-CoV-2 through Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region by means of a correlation between climate and air pollution indicators, namely, average temperature, minimum temperature, maximum temperature, rainfall, average relative humidity, wind speed, and air pollution indicators PM10, PM2.5, and NO2 with the COVID-19 daily new cases and deaths. The study focuses in the following LAC cities: Mexico City (Mexico), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Bogotá (Colombia), Guayaquil (Ecuador), Manaus (Brazil), Lima (Perú), Santiago (Chile), São Paulo (Brazil) and Buenos Aires (Argentina). The results show that average temperature, minimum temperature, and air quality were significantly associated with the spread of COVID-19 in LAC. Additionally, humidity, wind speed and rainfall showed a significant relationship with daily cases, total cases and mortality for various cities. Income inequality and poverty levels were also considered as a variable for qualitative analysis. Our findings suggest that and income inequality and poverty levels in the cities analyzed were related to the spread of COVID-19 positive and negative, respectively. These results might help decision-makers to design future strategies to tackle the spread of COVID-19 in LAC and around the world.

Citaton

@article{BolanoOrtiz2020,
  doi = {10.1016/j.envres.2020.109938},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109938},
  year = {2020},
  month = dec,
  publisher = {Elsevier {BV}},
  volume = {191},
  pages = {109938},
  author = {Tom{\'{a}}s R. Bola{\~{n}}o-Ortiz and Yiniva Camargo-Caicedo and Salvador Enrique Puliafito and Mar{\'{\i}}a Florencia Ruggeri and Sindy Bola{\~{n}}o-Diaz and Romina Pascual-Flores and Jorge Saturno and Sergio Ibarra-Espinosa and Olga L. Mayol-Bracero and Elvis Torres-Delgado and Francisco Cereceda-Balic},
  title = {Spread of {SARS}-{CoV}-2 through Latin America and the Caribbean region: A look from its economic conditions,  climate and air pollution indicators},
  journal = {Environmental Research}
}