Influence of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 on COVID-19 pandemic. A review

The europe second wave of COVID-19 infection and the Italy “strange” situation

“…In particular, in addition to the possibility that the viruses can attach to dust and airborne air particulate ( Prather et al, 2020 ), some works propose that ground level of ozone can acts as a COVID-19 virus incubator considering infection cases found in Italy in March and April 2020 ( Fattorini et al, 2020 ) ( Zoran et al, 2020 ). A possible role of sulfur dioxide and biomass smoke in the virus spread ( Domingo et al, 2020 ) is also proposed.…”

Effects of long-term exposure to air pollutants on the spatial spread of COVID-19 in Catalonia, Spain

“…acute) exposure (measured as the temporal variation of air pollutants), Xu et al (2020) (in 33 locations in China), Zhu et al (2020) (in 120 cities in China), Jiang et al (2020) (3 cities in China), Li H et al (2020) (2 cities in China) and Adhikari et al (2020) (in Queens, New York) found significantly positive associations between the short-term exposure to air pollutants with newly confirmed cases. Furthermore, as Domingo et al (2020) point out, in a very recent review, the results of most of the studies suggest that the long-term exposure to air pollutants might lead to more severe and lethal forms of Most of the studies evaluating socioeconomic and demographic variables (four of the six studies) considered population density (Coccia, 2020;Ahmadi et al, 2020;Pequeno et al, 2020;and You et al 2020). Three studies evaluated the influence of income (Azar et al, 2020;You et al, 2020;and Price-Haywood et al, 2020).…”

Understanding COVID-19 nonlinear multi-scale dynamic spreading in Italy

“…Moreover, the role played by air pollution in facilitating pandemic spreading and increasing the fatality rate has been largely investigated. Although the majority of existing studies agrees on the importance of this correlation, this is still a debated topic undergoing further investigations [42]. Although most updated mobility data at the regional level date back to 2019, data at the provincial level are not directly available for the same year.…”