Abstract
This study explored whether the global temperature had any role in the
spread and vulnerability to COVID-19 and how that knowledge can be used
to arrest the fast spreading disease. It highlighted that for
transmitting the virus, global temperature played an important role and
a moderately cool environment was the most favourable state. Whereas,
the risk from the virus was reduced significantly for warm places and
countries. Based on the temperature of March and April, various degree
of vulnerability was identified and countries were specified. The
maximum reported case, as well as death, was noted when the temperature
was in the range of around 275°K(2°C) to 290°K(17°C). Countries like the
USA, UK, Italy and Spain belonged to this category. The vulnerability
was moderate when the temperature was less than around 275°K(2°C) e.g.,
Russia, parts of Canada and a few Scandinavian countries. For
temperature 300°K(27°C) and above, a significantly lesser degree of
vulnerability was noted. Countries from South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation, South East Asia, the African continent and
Australia fell in that category. This work discussed that based on the
variability of temperature, countries can switch from one vulnerability
state to another. That influence of temperature on the virus and results
of previous clinical trials with similar viruses provided a useful
insight that regulating the level of temperature can offer remarkable
results to arrest and stop the outbreak. Based on that knowledge, some
urgent and simple solutions are proposed, which are practically without
side effects and very cost-effective too.