ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH COVID-19 CASES IN CENTRAL SOUTH AMERICA

• Autor(a) principal: Brunelli,Thais Costa
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Paiva,Sophia, Siqueira,Angélica Yara, Santana,Cleyton Elizeu, Curvo,Luís Otávio, Marques,João Basso, Rodrigues,Thiago Rangel
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Química Nova (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422021001001236
• topic: coronavirus; environmental parameters; aerosol; water vapor; fire

This work aims to evaluate the possible relations between the confirmed daily cases of COVID-19 and the environmental parameters for the Cuiabá-Várzea Grande conurbation in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The data sets used to cover the rainy-dry periods, from January to December 2020, were achieved from a database of government institutions, and processed through the Spearman correlation test. Our results showed that atmospheric pressure and fire radiative power has a significant positive correlation, suggesting that these parameters favor the transmission of COVID-19. On the other hand, the relative humidity of the air and the total column of water vapor showed a significant negative correlation with the number of confirmed daily cases of COVID-19, which indicates that the water vapor present in the atmosphere acts in the regulation of virus transmission. Thus, taking into account the results obtained, there is a need for collaborative policies and measures among the three spheres of executive power in Brazil, to act in the surveillance of fire cases, which can favor the transmission of COVID-19. In addition, prevention and protection measures aimed at reducing the spread of coronavirus continue to be indispensable.