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. 2020 Aug 10:729:139016.
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139016. Epub 2020 Apr 27.

Sunlight exposure increased Covid-19 recovery rates: A study in the central pandemic area of Indonesia

Al Asyary  1 , Meita Veruswati  2
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Sunlight exposure increased Covid-19 recovery rates: A study in the central pandemic area of Indonesia

Al Asyary et al. Sci Total Environ. .

Abstract

This study aims to present the correlation between sunlight exposure and Covid-19 statuses in Jakarta, Indonesia. The secondary data analysis was derived from surveillance data for Covid-19 from government authorities, including the Ministry of Health, the Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency, and the local government of Jakarta. Three statuses related to Covid-19 were examined in the study: incidence, death, and recovered. Meanwhile, sunlight exposure was presented as daily duration of it. Only the number of recovered patients correlated significantly with sunlight exposure (p-value = .025; r = 0.350). This study's findings showed that sunlight exposure was associated with recovery from Covid-19.

Keywords: Coronavirus; Indonesia; Recovery; Sunlight.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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(a) Covid-19 status, (b) sunlight exposure duration (minutes).
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