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Will heat, humidity slow down coronavirus outbreak? What experts say

All five studies that have come out between March 10 and March 23 have analysed COVID-19's relation with temperature and humidity in China and in other countries with high number of cases

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Bhasker Tripathi | IndiaSpend New Delhi
Results from five early-stage studies from a varied group of researchers suggest that the spread of COVID-19 may slow down with higher average temperatures and humid conditions in countries approaching summers, for example, India. 

Epidemiologists, however, warn that making a causal connection between a disease’s progression and temperature is fraught because it does not account for non-climatic factors such as human behaviour, the capabilities of different health systems and variable government/administrative response. They point out that COVID-19 is currently transmitting widely across the world, in widely varying local climates.   

All five studies that have come out between March 10

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