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. 2020 Jul:186:109625.
doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109625. Epub 2020 May 6.

Low ambient temperatures are associated with more rapid spread of COVID-19 in the early phase of the endemic

Mathias Holtmann  1 , Mike Jones  2 , Ayesha Shah  3 , Gerald Holtmann  4
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Low ambient temperatures are associated with more rapid spread of COVID-19 in the early phase of the endemic

Mathias Holtmann et al. Environ Res. 2020 Jul.
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Association between the average temperature in February (degrees Celsius) and the days until 100 additional COVID-19 cases are diagnosed after the first 100 cases have been confirmed.
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