Aussie-Chinese study links lower humidity with higher rates of COVID-19 – Xinhua | English.news.cn – Xinhua

SYDNEY, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) — A joint Australian-Chinese study released on Tuesday has linked lower humidity with higher rates of COVID-19 transmission.
Drier air across several different regions of Sydney has been consistently linked to higher numbers of COVID-19 infections, with similar links not true for other weather factors including rain, temperature and wind.
Published in the medical journal, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, the study estimated that for a 1 percent drop in humidity, C…

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