The estimates of university professor, Jos Lilyville, of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry at: Germany And his colleagues that this percentage is close to 19 percent in Europe, 17 percent in North America, and 27 percent in East Asia.
In addition, long-term exposure to air pollution contributed to 29 percent of deaths due to Covid-19 in the Czech Republic, 27 percent in China, 26 percent in Germany, and 22 percent in Switzerland21 percent in Belgium, 19 percent in the Netherlands, 18 percent in France, 15 percent in Italy, 14 percent in Britain, 12 percent in Brazil, 11 percent in Portugal, 9 percent in Spain, 6 percent in Israel, and 3 percent in Australia. And only 1 percent in New Zealand.
The researchers used previous epidemiological data from United State And China on air pollution, Covid-19 and disease "SARS" The similar to COVID-19 in 2003.
These data were combined with data from satellites on global exposure to pollution-causing fine particles (2.5 m in diameter), and other data from soil pollution monitoring networks for the purposes of calculations.
The study authors did not establish any direct causal relationship between this pollution And deaths caused by Covid-19.
The researchers noted that the polluting molecules appeared to increase the activity of a receptor on the surface of cells known as "ACE-2" And it plays a role in the incidence of Covid-19.
Said Thomas Munzel of the University of Johannes Gutenberg, one of the authors of the study "We have a double whammy, as air pollution hurts the lungs and increases ACE-2 activity, leading to better virus absorption".
The researchers pointed out that "The transition to an environmentally friendly economy with clean and renewable energy sources will be a catalyst for both the environment and public health, at the local level by improving air quality, and globally by reducing climate change.".
An environmental epidemiologist at the University of Leicester, Anna Hansel, described a link between pollution Air Covid-19 deaths are an issue "Highly probable"But she said that "It is too early to try to determine this effect accurately".
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In the study, the results of which were published in the journal “Cardiovascular Research”, the researchers focused on evaluating the degree to which this pollution, which is responsible for many early deaths, affects deaths due to Covid-19 Also.
The estimates of university professor, Jos Lilyville, of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry at: Germany And his colleagues that this percentage is close to 19 percent in Europe, 17 percent in North America, and 27 percent in East Asia.
In addition, long-term exposure to air pollution contributed to 29 percent of deaths due to Covid-19 in the Czech Republic, 27 percent in China, 26 percent in Germany, and 22 percent in Switzerland21 percent in Belgium, 19 percent in the Netherlands, 18 percent in France, 15 percent in Italy, 14 percent in Britain, 12 percent in Brazil, 11 percent in Portugal, 9 percent in Spain, 6 percent in Israel, and 3 percent in Australia. And only 1 percent in New Zealand.
The researchers used previous epidemiological data from United State China on air pollution, COVID-19 and SARS, similar to COVID-19, in 2003.
These data were combined with data from satellites on global exposure to pollution-causing fine particles (2.5 m in diameter), and other data from soil pollution monitoring networks for the purposes of calculations.
The study authors did not establish any direct causal relationship between this pollution And deaths caused by Covid-19.
The researchers noted that the polluting particles seem to increase the activity of a receptor on the surface of cells known as “ACE-2”, which plays a role in infection with Covid-19.
“We have a double whammy,” said Thomas Munzel of the University of Johannes Gutenberg, one of the authors of the study. “Air pollution hurts the lungs and increases ACE-2 activity, which leads to better absorption of the virus.”
The researchers pointed out that “the transition to an environmentally friendly economy with clean and renewable energy sources will be a catalyst for both the environment and public health, at the local level by improving air quality, and globally by reducing climate change.”
An environmental epidemiologist at the University of Leicester, Anna Hansel, described a link between pollution Air The deaths caused by Covid-19 is “very likely”, but she said “it is too early to try to determine this impact accurately.”
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