Manik Souvik, Mandal Manoj, Pal Sabyasachi
Midnapore City college, Kuturia, Bhadutala, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal 721129 India.
Environ Dev Sustain. 2022 Aug 12:1-13. doi: 10.1007/s10668-022-02593-z.
India is affected strongly by the Coronavirus and within a short period, it becomes the second-highest country based on the infected case. Earlier, there was an indication of the impact of pollution on COVID-19 transmission from a few studies with early COVID-19 data. The study of the effect of pollution on COVID-19 in Indian metropolitan cities is ideal due to the high level of pollution and COVID-19 transmission in these cities. We study the impact of different air pollutants on the spread of coronavirus in different cities in India. A correlation is studied with daily confirmed COVID-19 cases with a daily mean of ozone, particle matter (PM) in size 10 m, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide of different cities. It is found that particulate matter concentration decreases during the nationwide lockdown period and the air quality index improves for different Indian regions. A correlation between the daily confirmed cases with particulate matter (PM and PM both) is observed. The air quality index also shows a positive correlation with the daily confirmed cases for most of the metropolitan Indian cities. The correlation study also indicates that different air pollutants may have a role in the spread of the virus.
印度受到新冠病毒的严重影响，在短时间内，它成为感染病例数第二多的国家。早些时候，根据一些早期新冠疫情数据的研究，有迹象表明污染对新冠病毒传播有影响。由于印度大城市污染程度高且新冠病毒传播率高，研究污染对这些城市新冠疫情的影响是很理想的。我们研究了不同空气污染物对印度不同城市冠状病毒传播的影响。研究了不同城市每日确诊的新冠病例数与臭氧、粒径为10微米的颗粒物（PM）、一氧化碳、二氧化硫和二氧化氮日均值之间的相关性。研究发现，在全国封锁期间颗粒物浓度下降，印度不同地区的空气质量指数有所改善。观察到每日确诊病例数与颗粒物（PM 和PM ）之间存在相关性。对于大多数印度大城市，空气质量指数与每日确诊病例数也呈正相关。相关性研究还表明，不同的空气污染物可能在病毒传播中起作用。
