Dirty air in urban areas that cause hypertension, diabetes and other respiratory illness can worsen survival rates of those down with Covid-19. FMTNews FMTLifestyle Covid19
The European Public Health Alliance warns that dirty air in urban areas could lead to a higher overall death toll from the virus currently sweeping the world.
Emissions from petrol and diesel engines were still at “dangerous” levels that could imperil the most vulnerable during this and future pandemics, said the European Respiratory Society , which is a member of the EPHA. While there is currently no proven link between Covid-19 mortality and air pollution, one peer-reviewed study into the 2003 SARS outbreak showed that patients in regions with moderate air pollution levels were 84 percent more likely to die than those in regions with low air pollution.Mortality data for Covid-19 is incomplete, but preliminary numbers show the majority of patients who die are elderly or have pre-existing chronic conditions such as heart or lung disease.
The number of fatalities in Italy shot up by 368 to 1,809 on Sunday – more than half of all the cases recorded outside China.A study published last week in the journal Cardiovascular Research said that air pollution shortens lives worldwide by nearly three years on average, and leads to 8.8 million premature deaths annually.
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