TY - JOUR
T1 - The outbreak of COVID-19 in Taiwan in late spring 2021
T2 - combinations of specific weather conditions and related factors
AU - Chang, Shih An
AU - Kuan, Chia Hsuan
AU - Hung, Chi Yen
AU - Wang, Tai Chi Chen
AU - Chen, Yu Sheng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - This study aimed to investigate the impact of weather conditions on the daily incidence of the COVID-19 pandemic in late spring 2021 in Taiwan, which is unlike the weather conditions of the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. Meteorological parameters such as maximum daily temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed were included. The Spearman rank correlation test was used to evaluate the relationship between weather and daily domestic COVID-19 cases. The maximum daily temperature had a positively significant correlation with daily new COVID-19 cases within a 14-day lag period, while the relative humidity and wind speed has a fairly high correlation with the number of daily cases within a 13- and 14-day lag, respectively. In addition, the weather characteristics during this period were an increasingly high temperature, with steady high relative humidity and slightly decreasing wind speed. Our study revealed the weather conditions at the time of the domestic outbreak of COVID-19 in Taiwan in May 2021 and the possible association between weather factors and the COVID-19 pandemic. Further large-scale analysis of weather factors is essential for understanding the impact of weather on the spread of infectious diseases.
AB - This study aimed to investigate the impact of weather conditions on the daily incidence of the COVID-19 pandemic in late spring 2021 in Taiwan, which is unlike the weather conditions of the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. Meteorological parameters such as maximum daily temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed were included. The Spearman rank correlation test was used to evaluate the relationship between weather and daily domestic COVID-19 cases. The maximum daily temperature had a positively significant correlation with daily new COVID-19 cases within a 14-day lag period, while the relative humidity and wind speed has a fairly high correlation with the number of daily cases within a 13- and 14-day lag, respectively. In addition, the weather characteristics during this period were an increasingly high temperature, with steady high relative humidity and slightly decreasing wind speed. Our study revealed the weather conditions at the time of the domestic outbreak of COVID-19 in Taiwan in May 2021 and the possible association between weather factors and the COVID-19 pandemic. Further large-scale analysis of weather factors is essential for understanding the impact of weather on the spread of infectious diseases.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Meteorological parameters
KW - Weather
KW - “Major-Yin-control year”
KW - “Unease environmental condition factor (UECF)”
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85117500140
U2 - 10.1007/s11356-021-17055-8
DO - 10.1007/s11356-021-17055-8
M3 - 文章
C2 - 34669130
AN - SCOPUS:85117500140
SN - 0944-1344
VL - 29
SP - 85669
EP - 85675
JO - Environmental Science and Pollution Research
JF - Environmental Science and Pollution Research
IS - 57
ER -
