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High Temperature and High Humidity Reduce the Transmission of COVID-19

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This paper investigates how air temperature and humidity influence the transmission of COVID-19. After estimating the serial interval of COVID-19 from 105 pairs of the virus carrier and the infected, we calculate the daily effective reproductive number, R, for each of all 100 Chinese cities with more than 40 cases. Using the daily R values from January 21 to 23, 2020 as proxies of non-intervened transmission intensity, we find, under a linear regression framework for 1...

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The Spanish Society of Surgery (AEC) is promoting an online session destined to Surgeons and Residents, during this recent Pandemic.The session will last about 1h and is scheduled for 7:30PM Madrid time. It will be led by Drs. Ángela Palao Terrero and Beatriz Rodríguez Vega, Psychiatrists from the Hospital La Paz in Madrid, and has a limit number of 100 participants.If you are a surgeon working in Spain and you want to know the best emotional strategies to deal with the current situation, joi...