Analysing role of airborne particulate matter in abetting SARS-CoV-2 outbreak for scheming regional pandemic regulatory modalities
Issued Date
2023-11-01
Resource Type
ISSN
00139351
eISSN
10960953
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85169610357
Pubmed ID
37481054
Journal Title
Environmental Research
Volume
236
Rights Holder(s)
SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Environmental Research Vol.236 (2023)
Suggested Citation
Bhadola P., Chaudhary V., Markandan K., Talreja R.K., Aggarwal S., Nigam K., Tahir M., Kaushik A., Rustagi S., Khalid M. Analysing role of airborne particulate matter in abetting SARS-CoV-2 outbreak for scheming regional pandemic regulatory modalities. Environmental Research Vol.236 (2023). doi:10.1016/j.envres.2023.116646 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/89601
Title
Analysing role of airborne particulate matter in abetting SARS-CoV-2 outbreak for scheming regional pandemic regulatory modalities
Author's Affiliation
Bhagini Nivedita College
Uttaranchal University
Florida Polytechnic University
Sharda University
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
Sunway University
UCSI University
Lovely Professional University
Indian Council of Medical Research
VMMC & Safdarjang Hospital
Mahidol University
Turun yliopisto
Uttaranchal University
Florida Polytechnic University
Sharda University
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
Sunway University
UCSI University
Lovely Professional University
Indian Council of Medical Research
VMMC & Safdarjang Hospital
Mahidol University
Turun yliopisto
Other Contributor(s)
Abstract
The mutating SARS-CoV-2 necessitates gauging the role of airborne particulate matter in the COVID-19 outbreak for designing area-specific regulation modalities based on the environmental state-of-affair. To scheme the protocols, the hotspots of air pollutants such as PM2.5, PM10, NH3, NO, NO2, SO2, and and environmental factors including relative humidity (RH), and temperature, along with COVID-19 cases and mortality from January 2020 till December 2020 from 29 different ground monitoring stations spanning Delhi, are mapped. Spearman correlation coefficients show a positive relationship between SARS-COV-2 with particulate matter (PM2.5 with r > 0.36 and PM10 with r > 0.31 and p-value <0·001). Besides, SARS-COV-2 transmission showed a substantial correlation with NH3 (r = 0.41), NO2 (r = 0.36), and NO (r = 0.35) with a p-value <0.001, which is highly indicative of their role in SARS-CoV-2 transmission. These outcomes are associated with the source of PM and its constituent trace elements to understand their overtone with COVID-19. This strongly validates temporal and spatial variation in COVID-19 dependence on air pollutants as well as on environmental factors. Besides, the bottlenecks of missing latent data, monotonous dependence of variables, and the role air pollutants with secondary environmental variables are discussed. The analysis set the foundation for strategizing regional-based modalities considering environmental variables (i.e., pollutant concentration, relative humidity, temperature) as well as urban and transportation planning for efficient control and handling of future public health emergencies.