Meteorological Factors and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Backdrop of Pakistan

Coronavirus victims have been confirmed all around the world and millions of people are being put into self-isolation. In this backdrop, a superior appreciation of the effective parameters in epidemic spreading can cause a cogent assessment toward COVID-19. In this vein, the consequences of weather...

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Autores principales: Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar, Shu Jinghong, Habib Gul
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a864043f769848838abcebd3198693cd2021-11-30T22:16:59ZMeteorological Factors and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Backdrop of Pakistan1664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2021.764016https://doaj.org/article/a864043f769848838abcebd3198693cd2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.764016/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078Coronavirus victims have been confirmed all around the world and millions of people are being put into self-isolation. In this backdrop, a superior appreciation of the effective parameters in epidemic spreading can cause a cogent assessment toward COVID-19. In this vein, the consequences of weather indicators on the spread of COVID-19 can play an instrumental role in the current coronavirus situation enveloping the world. These elements entail time, maximum and minimum temperature, humidity, wind speed, and rainfall. By such an incorporation, their consequent effects on coronavirus in Pakistan are explored. In the current study, principal elements are considered including the number of infected patients with coronavirus in Pakistan. The autoregressive distribution lag (ARDL) approach is used to analyze the effects and relationships of variables with the COVID-19 expansion rate extracting data from April 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021. The results revealed that maximum and minimum temperature, humidity, wind speed, and rainfall had a significant positive correlation with total and confirmed cases of COVID-19. Lastly, this brief communication attempts to clarify the outbreak of coronavirus in the region.Muhammad RiazMuhammad Nadeem AkhtarShu JinghongHabib GulFrontiers Media S.A.articleARDLCOVID-19weatherindicatorsPakistanPsychologyBF1-990ENFrontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021)
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Pakistan
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Muhammad Riaz
Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar
Shu Jinghong
Habib Gul
Meteorological Factors and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Backdrop of Pakistan
description Coronavirus victims have been confirmed all around the world and millions of people are being put into self-isolation. In this backdrop, a superior appreciation of the effective parameters in epidemic spreading can cause a cogent assessment toward COVID-19. In this vein, the consequences of weather indicators on the spread of COVID-19 can play an instrumental role in the current coronavirus situation enveloping the world. These elements entail time, maximum and minimum temperature, humidity, wind speed, and rainfall. By such an incorporation, their consequent effects on coronavirus in Pakistan are explored. In the current study, principal elements are considered including the number of infected patients with coronavirus in Pakistan. The autoregressive distribution lag (ARDL) approach is used to analyze the effects and relationships of variables with the COVID-19 expansion rate extracting data from April 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021. The results revealed that maximum and minimum temperature, humidity, wind speed, and rainfall had a significant positive correlation with total and confirmed cases of COVID-19. Lastly, this brief communication attempts to clarify the outbreak of coronavirus in the region.
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title Meteorological Factors and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Backdrop of Pakistan
title_short Meteorological Factors and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Backdrop of Pakistan
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title_full_unstemmed Meteorological Factors and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Backdrop of Pakistan
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