Crowding of residents in large cities, in contrast to equal distribution in rural areas, contributed to a more severe course of the coronavirus pandemic. This conclusion was made by scientists from Brazil, India and the United States.
A new study has found that long-term unsustainable patterns of urbanization have made the coronavirus more severe. This was due both to the large congestion of people in the territory of megacities and the fact that urbanization itself caused climate change. It is well known that the pandemic has been much more severe precisely in places where there has been high population density, an elevated human development index, high carbon dioxide emissions, air pollution, increased annual rainfall and other seasonal fluctuations. Scientists have conducted global studies to understand the impact of key environmental factors on the spread of the coronavirus.
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They used the available genome sequences of various coronavirus lineages to understand the geophylogenesis and distribution of these pathogens around the world. Various environmental conditions were mapped to reveal the key factors responsible for the emergence of a particular family of coronaviruses in specific locations around the world.
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Analysis shows that areas with significantly higher human development index, population density, CO2 emissions, deforestation rates, annual rainfall and seasonal fluctuations have led to the spread of covid. Urbanized areas are more vulnerable to the pandemic than forested areas in rural areas. (READ MORE)