Mumbai: The quality of air in Mumbai and Pune has fallen into the ‘poor’ and ‘moderate’ category, with both particulates (PM10 and PM2.5) across the maximum limit permitted in two cities.
Data was released by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) system from the estimated air quality and research (Safar).
With Covid-19 cases increase, health experts have notified residents to avoid as many pollutants as possible with sufficient masking steps.
They observe that short-term exposure to poor air can affect someone for infection.
Some international studies have so far connected air pollution with an increased risk of contract-19.
A study from China has recently stated that short-term exposure to PM2.5 and PM10 has a tendency to increase Covid-19 events and mortality rather than long-term exposure, while for other air pollutants, including SO2 and NO2, long-term, long-term , the long-term exposure is more significant than short-term exposure.
Track the level of pollution in the reading of your city Safar shows that in various fields such as BKC, Chembur, Mazgaon and Colaba, the air quality falls into the ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ category.
The last 10-day concentration of PM10 and PM2.5 in both cities showed pollutants to be above the maximum allowed on all days, with the concentration of PM10 to double the limits permitted on several days in Mumbai.
The State of the Covid-19 task force Dr.
Shashank Joshi told Tii, “Covid is a virus of air droplets born in the air.
Winter sees the incidence of pollution, fog and smog, all three of them.
There are a large number of particle material suspended in the air In such a scenario, which increases the risk of transmission of viral infections through air droplets.
Covid becomes a virus of air droplets, there is an increased risk of transmission as well as such environmental conditions.
“Diseases such as other flu can also have higher transmission at times like levels High air pollution.
“All winter respiratory infections increase due to pollution, fog and smog.
That is why Covid Peaks occur in winter land such as Europe and the US during a cooler season.
In India, it is just the opposite with the peak of Covid so far in the summer.
However, Omicron can reverse the trend because of its higher transmission.
Therefore, residents must follow a strict double masking, “said Dr.
Joshi.