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Spread of SARS-CoV-2 through Latin America and the Caribbean region: a look from its economic conditions, climate and air pollution indicators
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2020-07Registro en:
Bolaño Ortiz, Tomas Rafael; Camargo Caicedo, Yiniva; Puliafito, Salvador Enrique; Ruggeri, María Florencia; Bolaño Diaz, Sindy; et al.; Spread of SARS-CoV-2 through Latin America and the Caribbean region: a look from its economic conditions, climate and air pollution indicators; Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science; Environmental Research; 7-2020; 1-54; 109938
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CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
Bolaño Ortiz, Tomas Rafael
Camargo Caicedo, Yiniva
Puliafito, Salvador Enrique
Ruggeri, María Florencia
Bolaño Diaz, Sindy
Pascual Flores, Romina María
Saturno, Jorge
Ibarra Espinosa, Sergio
Mayol Bracero, Olga L.
Torres Delgado, Elvis
Cereceda Balic, Francisco
Resumen
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.