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. 2020 Jul 10:725:138436.
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138436. Epub 2020 Apr 4.

Correlation between weather and Covid-19 pandemic in Jakarta, Indonesia

Ramadhan Tosepu  1 , Joko Gunawan  2 , Devi Savitri Effendy  3 , La Ode Ali Imran Ahmad  4 , Hariati Lestari  5 , Hartati Bahar  6 , Pitrah Asfian  7
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Correlation between weather and Covid-19 pandemic in Jakarta, Indonesia

Ramadhan Tosepu et al. Sci Total Environ. .

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the correlation between weather and covid-19 pandemic in Jakarta Indonesia. This study employed a secondary data analysis of surveillance data of covid-19 from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia and weather from the Meteorological Department of the Republic of Indonesia. The components of weather include minimum temperature (°C), maximum temperature (°C), temperature average (°C), humidity (%), and amount of rainfall (mm). Spearman-rank correlation test was used for data analysis. Among the components of the weather, only temperature average (°C) was significantly correlated with covid-19 pandemic (r = 0.392; p < .01). The finding serves as an input to reduce the incidence rate of covid-19 in Indonesia.

Keywords: Coronavirus; Covid-19; Humidity; Indonesia; Rainfall; Temperature.

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(a) Cases of the Covid-19, (b) the amount of temperature maximum (°C), (c) temperature minimum (°C), (d) temperature average (°C), (e) humidity (%), and (f) rainfall (mm) in Jakarta Indonesia from January to March 29, 2020.
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