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Seasonality of meteorological factors influencing the COVID-19 era in coastal and inland regions of Bangladesh.

Authors :
Sakib, Syed Nazmus
Islam, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul
Azad, Md. Abul Kalam
Mallick, Javed
Ahmed, Mohd.
Pal, Subodh Chandra
Islam, Md. Saiful
Hu, Zhenghua
Alam, Edris
Malafaia, Guilherme
Source :
Geocarto International; 2023, Vol. 38 Issue 1, p1-29, 29p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

We aim to explore the seasonal influences of meteorological factors on COVID-19 era over two distinct locations in Bangladesh using a generalized linear model (GLM) and wavelet analysis. GLM model findings show that summer humidity drives COVID-19 transmission to coastal and inland locations. During the summer in the coastal area, a 1 °C earth's skin temperature increase causes a 41.9% increase in COVID (95% CL 86.32%-2.54%) transmission compared to inland. Relative humidity was recorded as the highest at 73.97% (95% CL, 99.3%, and 48.63%) for the coastal region, while wind speed and precipitation reduced confirmed cases by −38.62% and −22.15%, respectively. Wavelet analysis showed that coastal meteorological parameters were more coherent with COVID-19 than inland ones. The outcomes of this study are consistent with subtropical climate regions. Seasonality and climatic similarity should address to estimate COVID-19 trends. High societal concern and strong public health measures may decrease meteorological effect on COVID-19. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10106049
Volume :
38
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Geocarto International
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
174880050
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2023.2203115