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Low humidity increases COVID-19 risk: Another reason to wear a mask: Dry air could prompt further disease spread – Science Daily
A new study from Australia confirms a link between COVID-19 cases and lower humidity.
A study focused on the Greater Sydney area during the early epidemic stage of COVID-19 found an association between lower humidity and an increase in community transmission.Now a second study by the same team confirms the risk.
The study is published today in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases.
The research led by Professor Michael Ward, an epidemiologist in the Sydney School of Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney, and two researchers from our partner institution Fudan University S…
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