Geneva - Sana
The United Nations suggested that the "Covid 19" disease caused by the Coronavirus will become a seasonal disease, noting that the data are still insufficient to suggest relying on weather and air quality to combat the epidemic.
AFP quoted experts from the World Meteorological Organization of the United Nations as saying in a study that seasonality of respiratory viral diseases worsens at the height of the cold and that "Covid 19" will likely be a seasonal disease if it lasts for several years, noting that it is possible to rely on meteorological factors and air quality. To monitor and predict disease in the future.
In a related context, the co-director of the expert group and professor at Johns Hopkins University, Ben Zitchik, said in a statement that “in the first year of the epidemic we noticed waves of infections in warm seasons and there is no evidence that this will not be repeated in the next year,” adding that “at this stage, no Available data support governments' use of weather and air quality to reduce infection control measures.
A team of specialists concluded that there is not yet conclusive evidence about the impact of factors related to air quality and that there is some evidence that the virus lives longer in cold and dry conditions, but it has not yet been determined whether weather factors have a significant impact on infection rates.