After SARS and MERS, COVID-19 has been the third pandemic caused by a coronavirus that has led to worldwide panic. Though ample information about the virus has been unravelled, several questions still remain unanswered. One such question is its survival in hot and humid weather like that of India. It has been anticipated that the newly emerged COVID-19 virus may not be able to thrive in the high temperatures of the coming summer.
However, researchers from the World Health Organization (WHO) have ruled out this possibility, stating that the virus will continue to spread through respiratory droplets . They clarified that the virus’s life span in the aerosol can be affected by the summer heat and lead to the attenuation of its potency. Given these conditions, it is important that the focus is shifted to avoiding contacts and laying emphasis on contact tracing and quarantine. Quoting the…
