Influence Of Environmental Factors

on COVID-19,Including
Temperature, Humidity, sunlight,
atmospheric particulate matters, bio
aerosol on transmission, survival and
infection potential.

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Table of Contents

• Environmental factor on COVID-19

• Temperature, humidity, sunlight impact by COVID-
19
• Atmospheric particulate matters
• Bio aerosol and their impact on human health

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• Environmental factors and conditions such as humidity wind speed
temperature as well as water food and sewage insects air in
animated surfaces and hands in COVIDS-19 transmissions.
• However the infectious virus was detacable for up to nearly 12-14
hours depending on the environmental conditions.
• The current outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019is more than
250 countries has becomes serious threat to the health of the people
around the world.
• The transmission can be through sneezing, coughing, talking to other
people at close range and through foul air flow.
• This show that the environmental conditions can influence stability
of the virus.
• On the other hand warm temperature and high levels of humidity
shortened its life.
• There may be a decrease in virus transmission in these
environmental situations.

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Sunlight, Temperature and
Humidity impact on COVID-19
• Sunlight triggers vitamin D production which
functions to increase the immune system.
• Which slow down the development of influenza
and SARS agents in the human body.
• Sunlight exposure significantly contributed to the
healing of the most respiratory conditions including
tuberculosis and lung diseases.
• Solar light appears to have on killing the virus both
on surface and in the air .we have seen similar
effect with both temperature and humidity as well.
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-Increase the temperature and humidity or both is
generally less favorable to the virus.
-In a room at 70 to 75f temperature 20% humidity, the
half life of the virus is about an hour.
-1 ⁰C increase in temperature was associated with a
3.08% reduction daily new cases and a 1.19%
reduction in daily new death.
-1% increase in relative humidity was associated with
a .85% reduction daily new cases and a .51%
reduction in daily new death.
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Atmospheric particulate matter

• PM is a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets found in the

air. Some particulate matter such as dust dirt soot or smoke is
seen with a naked eye and some can be detected by us in electron
microscope.
• PM is described in micrometers. The two main ones are PM10
(less than 10 micrometers) and PM2.5 (less than 2.5 micrometers)
• PM is sent into the air by a number of processes including burning
fossil fuels, driving cars and steel making.
• PM has been linked with a wide range of deleterious health effects
in both human and animals. These include among others
cardiopulmonary decease, lungs, cancer, or asthma.

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Airborne bio aerosols and their
impact on human health
• Bio aerosols are very small airborne particles(ranging from .
001 to 100 µm)that originate biologically from plants and
animals and can contain living organisms. Microorganisms
( e.g., viruses, bacteria, fungi) may exist in bio aerosols.it can
be easily shifted from one environment to another because of
their small size and light weight. Bio aerosols were estimated
to be responsible for 5 to 34% of indoor particulate matter air
pollution. Sources of indoor pollution are building materials,
pets, house plants and organic waste. Regular human activities
are also capable of generating bio aerosols. Bio aerosols can be
associated with certain human diseases.

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