COVID-19 Does Not Change With Seasons

Change of weather or seasons did not seem to be affecting the spread of Coronavirus. The pandemic could also come as a single wave instead of multiple waves like influenza, according to a WHO expert.

COVID-19 does not seem to affected by change of season or weather, and the pandemic could come as a single wave instead of multiple waves like influenza, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) expert.

"People are still //thinking about seasons. What we all need to get our heads around is this is a new virus and... this one is behaving differently," said Dr. Margaret Harris, a WHO communications officer, at a virtual briefing in Geneva, Xinhua reported.

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‘Cornavirus does not change with seasons or weather. COVID-19 could also come as a single wave, according to WHO expert.’
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She said the season and weather did not seem to be affecting the spread of Covid-19.

Rather, it was people gathering and not observing distance that had an effect on the virus spread. And as a later flu season is expected in the southern hemisphere, everyone is encouraged to get vaccinated against flu.

According to the expert, the Covid-19 was a new respiratory virus which has been behaving differently and not necessarily changing with the seasons.

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She said that WHO was not defining the pandemic in waves as it was all one wave, with its ups and downs, and the common task was to flatten it.

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