Airborne transmission arises through the inhalation of aerosol droplets exhaled by an
infected person and is now thought to be the primary transmission route of COVID-19. Thus …

The new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 was initially discovered at the
end of 2019 in Wuhan City in China and has caused one of the most serious global public …

Objective To assess whether the basic reproduction number (R 0) of COVID-19 is different
across countries and what national-level demographic, social, and environmental factors …

Background: China is the most populous country globally and has made significant
achievements in the control of infectious diseases over the last decades. The 2003 SARS …

Urban overheating (due to climate change and urbanization) and COVID-19 are two
converging crises that must be addressed in tandem. Fine-scale, place-based, people …

Meteorological conditions may influence the incidence of many infectious diseases.
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious, air-borne, emerging, viral …

The COVID-19 pandemic has had great impact on human health and social economy.
Several studies examined spatial and temporal patterns of health risk factors associated with …

While the contribution of climate change towards intensifying urban flood risks is well
acknowledged, the role of urbanization is less known. The present study, for the first time in …

COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in Brazil, a country of continental dimensions, but the
incidence of the disease is showing to be very heterogeneous, affecting cities and regions …

The climatological parameters can be different in various geographical locations. Moreover,
they have possible impacts on COVID-19 incidence. Therefore, the purpose of this …