LONDON (BLOOMBERG) - Even before the pandemic struck, outdoor air pollution was linked to the deaths of as many as nine million people each year. Now two new studies show that Covid-19 patients are more likely to die if they live in regions with high levels of air pollution.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON - Even before the pandemic struck, outdoor air pollution was linked to the deaths of as many as nine million people each year. Now two new studies show that Covid-19 patients are more likely to die if they live in regions with high levels of air pollution.
"The latest science is showing that there seem to be no 'safe' levels of air pollution," said Dr Gretchen Goldman, research director at the Centre for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Covid-19 doesn't impact everyone equally. In those who suffer severely, the virus is thought to move from the upper respiratory tract, where it can cause a sore throat, to the lower respiratory tract, where it causes inflammation in the lungs, which can lead to death if it spirals out of control.
A range of studies have found that air pollutants are linked to increased risk from influenza-type illnesses. Air pollution levels are higher in poorer parts of a city or state.
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