Weather conditions and COVID-19 incidence in a cold climate:a time-series study in Finland

• Main Authors: Heibati, B. (Behzad), Wang, W. (Wenge), Ryti, N. R. (Niilo R. I.), Dominici, F. (Francesca), Ducatman, A. (Alan), Zhang, Z. (Zhijie), Jaakkola, J. J. (Jouni J. K.)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2021
• Subjects: COVID-19; Finland; air pollution; cold climate; weather; Arctic; Gam; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2021052030888

Abstract Background: The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is spreading globally at an accelerated rate. There is some previous evidence that weather may influence the incidence of COVID-19 infection. We assessed the role of meteorological factors including temperature (T) and relative hum...