Authors
James D Ford, Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo, Triphini Ainembabazi, Cecilia Anza-Ramirez, Ingrid Arotoma-Rojas, Joana Bezerra, Victoria Chicmana-Zapata, Eranga K Galappaththi, Martha Hangula, Christopher Kazaana, Shuaib Lwasa, Didacus Namanya, Nosipho Nkwinti, Richard Nuwagira, Samuel Okware, Maria Osipova, Kerrie Pickering, Chandni Singh, Lea Berrang-Ford, Keith Hyams, J Jaime Miranda, Angus Naylor, Mark New, Bianca van Bavel, Margaret Angula, Jasmithaa Arvind, Francis Awaafo Akugre, Amir Bazaz, Shaugn Coggins, Frances Crowley, Indunil P Dharmasiri, Yon Fernandez-de-Larrinoa, Bhavya George, Sherilee Harper, Brianne Jones, Genevieve Jones, Kerry Jones, Harpreet Kaur, Jyotsna Krishnakumar, Irene Kunamwene, Asish Mangalasseri, Clare Mcguire, Adelina Mensah, Jonathan Nkalubo, Tristan Pearce, Chrishma Dharshani Perera, Prathigna Poonacha Kodira, Halena Scanlon, Cecil Togarepi, Anita Varghese, Carlee Wright
Publication date
2022/10/1
Source
The Lancet Planetary Health
Volume
6
Issue
10
Pages
e825-e833
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
In this Personal View, we explain the ways that climatic risks affect the transmission, perception, response, and lived experience of COVID-19. First, temperature, wind, and humidity influence the transmission of COVID-19 in ways not fully understood, although non-climatic factors appear more important than climatic factors in explaining disease transmission. Second, climatic extremes coinciding with COVID-19 have affected disease exposure, increased susceptibility of people to COVID-19, compromised emergency responses, and reduced health system resilience to multiple stresses. Third, long-term climate change and prepandemic vulnerabilities have increased COVID-19 risk for some populations (eg, marginalised communities). The ways climate and COVID-19 interact vary considerably between and within populations and regions, and are affected by dynamic and complex interactions with underlying …
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