Study Effect of Some Atmospheric Elements on COVID-19 Infections in Iraq

In late 2019 and in Wuhan, a new disease appears, consider as an extension of SARS-COV2 epidemic. This epidemic virus has configured a danger to global health. We studied the effect of some atmospheric elements in Iraq with a number of (COVID-19) infections. In this study daily infections in three r...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Fattah Hassoon, Hazim H. Hussain, Nagham T. Ibraheem
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Published: Mustansiriyah University 2021-05-01
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Online Access:http://mjs.uomustansiriyah.edu.iq/ojs1/index.php/MJS/article/view/987
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description In late 2019 and in Wuhan, a new disease appears, consider as an extension of SARS-COV2 epidemic. This epidemic virus has configured a danger to global health. We studied the effect of some atmospheric elements in Iraq with a number of (COVID-19) infections. In this study daily infections in three regions of Iraq compares with (Tmax-Tmin) and (RH) observed in stations Mosul (represent north region), Baghdad and Rutba (represent middle regions), and Basra (represent south region). It's found that increasing the difference between Tmax and Tmin means more infections, except for the northern province. As for the relative humidity, it is inversely proportional to infections with the correlation coefficient R = -0.6 in Baghdad station, and in the southern province with R = -0.32, and the opposite occurs in the northern province. The results also indicate that increasing the relative humidity to more than 70% was effective in increasing the infections. Solar radiation was studied over the city of Baghdad and its effect on infections because solar radiation contains a large proportion of ultraviolet rays that killed many viruses, the study indicates an inverse relationship because most of the patients are infected in the shade and there is no clear relationship. In late 2019 and in Wuhan, a new decease appears, consider as extension of SARS-COV2 epidemic. This epidemic virus has configured a danger on the global health. We studied the effect of some atmospheric elements in Iraq with number of (COVID-19) infections. At this study daily infections in three regions of Iraq compare with (Tmax-Tmin) and (RH) observed in stations Mosul (represent north region), Baghdad and Rutba (represent middle regions) and Basra (represent south region). It's found that increasing the difference between Tmax and Tmin means more infections, except for the northern province. As for the relative humidity it is inversely proportional to infections with the correlation coefficient R = -0.6 in Baghdad station, and in the southern province with R = -0.32, and the opposite occurs in the northern province. The results also indicate that increasing the relative humidity to more than 70% was effective in increasing the infections. Solar radiation was studied over the city of Baghdad and its effect on infections because solar radiation contains a large proportion of ultraviolet rays that killed many viruses, the study indicates an inverse relationship because most of the patients are infected in the shade and there is no clear relationship.
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spelling doaj-art-ffc98af288ff4edd9d3762d6dfcfd3752025-08-20T02:22:38ZengMustansiriyah UniversityAl-Mustansiriyah Journal of Science1814-635X2521-35202021-05-01322768110.23851/mjs.v32i2.987377Study Effect of Some Atmospheric Elements on COVID-19 Infections in IraqAhmed Fattah Hassoon0Hazim H. Hussain1Nagham T. Ibraheem2Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College of Sciences, Mustansiryah University, Baghdad.Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College of Sciences, Mustansiryah University, Baghdad.Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College of Sciences, Mustansiryah University, Baghdad.In late 2019 and in Wuhan, a new disease appears, consider as an extension of SARS-COV2 epidemic. This epidemic virus has configured a danger to global health. We studied the effect of some atmospheric elements in Iraq with a number of (COVID-19) infections. In this study daily infections in three regions of Iraq compares with (Tmax-Tmin) and (RH) observed in stations Mosul (represent north region), Baghdad and Rutba (represent middle regions), and Basra (represent south region). It's found that increasing the difference between Tmax and Tmin means more infections, except for the northern province. As for the relative humidity, it is inversely proportional to infections with the correlation coefficient R = -0.6 in Baghdad station, and in the southern province with R = -0.32, and the opposite occurs in the northern province. The results also indicate that increasing the relative humidity to more than 70% was effective in increasing the infections. Solar radiation was studied over the city of Baghdad and its effect on infections because solar radiation contains a large proportion of ultraviolet rays that killed many viruses, the study indicates an inverse relationship because most of the patients are infected in the shade and there is no clear relationship. In late 2019 and in Wuhan, a new decease appears, consider as extension of SARS-COV2 epidemic. This epidemic virus has configured a danger on the global health. We studied the effect of some atmospheric elements in Iraq with number of (COVID-19) infections. At this study daily infections in three regions of Iraq compare with (Tmax-Tmin) and (RH) observed in stations Mosul (represent north region), Baghdad and Rutba (represent middle regions) and Basra (represent south region). It's found that increasing the difference between Tmax and Tmin means more infections, except for the northern province. As for the relative humidity it is inversely proportional to infections with the correlation coefficient R = -0.6 in Baghdad station, and in the southern province with R = -0.32, and the opposite occurs in the northern province. The results also indicate that increasing the relative humidity to more than 70% was effective in increasing the infections. Solar radiation was studied over the city of Baghdad and its effect on infections because solar radiation contains a large proportion of ultraviolet rays that killed many viruses, the study indicates an inverse relationship because most of the patients are infected in the shade and there is no clear relationship.http://mjs.uomustansiriyah.edu.iq/ojs1/index.php/MJS/article/view/987covid-19temperature differencesrelative humidityiraq provincesrelationship
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Study Effect of Some Atmospheric Elements on COVID-19 Infections in Iraq
Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Science
covid-19
temperature differences
relative humidity
iraq provinces
relationship
title Study Effect of Some Atmospheric Elements on COVID-19 Infections in Iraq
title_full Study Effect of Some Atmospheric Elements on COVID-19 Infections in Iraq
title_fullStr Study Effect of Some Atmospheric Elements on COVID-19 Infections in Iraq
title_full_unstemmed Study Effect of Some Atmospheric Elements on COVID-19 Infections in Iraq
title_short Study Effect of Some Atmospheric Elements on COVID-19 Infections in Iraq
title_sort study effect of some atmospheric elements on covid 19 infections in iraq
topic covid-19
temperature differences
relative humidity
iraq provinces
relationship
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