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Weather to Play Major Role in Coronavirus Spread

Researchers predict potential spread and seasonality for COVID-19 based on climate where virus appears to thrive

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By: Tim Wright

Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Institute of Human Virology (IHV), which is part of the Global Virus Network (GVN), predict that COVID-19 will follow a seasonal pattern similar to other respiratory viruses like seasonal flu. They base this on weather modeling data in countries where the virus has taken hold and spread within the community.   In a new paper published on the open-data site SSRN, the researchers found that all cities experiencing significant out...

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