Cargando…
The Effect of Coronavirus 2019 Disease Control Measures on the Incidence of Respiratory Infectious Disease and Air Pollutant Concentrations in the Yangtze River Delta Region, China
The Yangtze River Delta is one of the top five Chinese regions affected by COVID-19, as it is adjacent to Hubei Province, where COVID-19 first emerged. We investigated the impact of COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) on changes in respiratory infectious diseases (RIDs) incidence and ai...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
MDPI
2022
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8835036/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35162304 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031286 |
_version_ | 1784649331376128000 |
---|---|
author | Wang, Lan Wang, Kehan Zhong, Hui Zhao, Na Xu, Wangli Yang, Yunmei He, Yiran Liu, Shelan |
author_facet | Wang, Lan Wang, Kehan Zhong, Hui Zhao, Na Xu, Wangli Yang, Yunmei He, Yiran Liu, Shelan |
author_sort | Wang, Lan |
collection | PubMed |
description | The Yangtze River Delta is one of the top five Chinese regions affected by COVID-19, as it is adjacent to Hubei Province, where COVID-19 first emerged. We investigated the impact of COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) on changes in respiratory infectious diseases (RIDs) incidence and air quality in the Yangtze River Delta by constructing two proportional tests and fitting ARIMA and linear regression models. Compared with the pre-COVID-19 period, the average monthly incidence of seven RIDs decreased by 37.80% (p < 0.001) and 37.11% (p < 0.001) during the COVID-19 period and the post-vaccination period, respectively, in Shanghai, and decreased by 20.39% (p < 0.001) and 22.86% (p < 0.001), respectively, in Zhejiang. Similarly, compared with the pre-COVID-19 period, the monthly overall concentrations of six air pollutants decreased by 12.7% (p = 0.003) and 18.79% (p < 0.001) during the COVID-19 period and the post-vaccination period, respectively, in Shanghai, and decreased by 12.85% (p = 0.008) and 15.26% (p = 0.001), respectively, in Zhejiang. Interestingly, no significant difference in overall incidence of RIDs and concentrations of air quality was shown between the COVID-19 period and the post-vaccination period in either Shanghai or Zhejiang. This study provides additional evidence that the NPIs measures taken to control COVID-19 were effective in improving air quality and reducing the spread of RIDs. However, a direct causal relationship has not been established. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-8835036 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2022 |
publisher | MDPI |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-88350362022-02-12 The Effect of Coronavirus 2019 Disease Control Measures on the Incidence of Respiratory Infectious Disease and Air Pollutant Concentrations in the Yangtze River Delta Region, China Wang, Lan Wang, Kehan Zhong, Hui Zhao, Na Xu, Wangli Yang, Yunmei He, Yiran Liu, Shelan Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The Yangtze River Delta is one of the top five Chinese regions affected by COVID-19, as it is adjacent to Hubei Province, where COVID-19 first emerged. We investigated the impact of COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) on changes in respiratory infectious diseases (RIDs) incidence and air quality in the Yangtze River Delta by constructing two proportional tests and fitting ARIMA and linear regression models. Compared with the pre-COVID-19 period, the average monthly incidence of seven RIDs decreased by 37.80% (p < 0.001) and 37.11% (p < 0.001) during the COVID-19 period and the post-vaccination period, respectively, in Shanghai, and decreased by 20.39% (p < 0.001) and 22.86% (p < 0.001), respectively, in Zhejiang. Similarly, compared with the pre-COVID-19 period, the monthly overall concentrations of six air pollutants decreased by 12.7% (p = 0.003) and 18.79% (p < 0.001) during the COVID-19 period and the post-vaccination period, respectively, in Shanghai, and decreased by 12.85% (p = 0.008) and 15.26% (p = 0.001), respectively, in Zhejiang. Interestingly, no significant difference in overall incidence of RIDs and concentrations of air quality was shown between the COVID-19 period and the post-vaccination period in either Shanghai or Zhejiang. This study provides additional evidence that the NPIs measures taken to control COVID-19 were effective in improving air quality and reducing the spread of RIDs. However, a direct causal relationship has not been established. MDPI 2022-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8835036/ /pubmed/35162304 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031286 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Wang, Lan Wang, Kehan Zhong, Hui Zhao, Na Xu, Wangli Yang, Yunmei He, Yiran Liu, Shelan The Effect of Coronavirus 2019 Disease Control Measures on the Incidence of Respiratory Infectious Disease and Air Pollutant Concentrations in the Yangtze River Delta Region, China |
title | The Effect of Coronavirus 2019 Disease Control Measures on the Incidence of Respiratory Infectious Disease and Air Pollutant Concentrations in the Yangtze River Delta Region, China |
title_full | The Effect of Coronavirus 2019 Disease Control Measures on the Incidence of Respiratory Infectious Disease and Air Pollutant Concentrations in the Yangtze River Delta Region, China |
title_fullStr | The Effect of Coronavirus 2019 Disease Control Measures on the Incidence of Respiratory Infectious Disease and Air Pollutant Concentrations in the Yangtze River Delta Region, China |
title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Coronavirus 2019 Disease Control Measures on the Incidence of Respiratory Infectious Disease and Air Pollutant Concentrations in the Yangtze River Delta Region, China |
title_short | The Effect of Coronavirus 2019 Disease Control Measures on the Incidence of Respiratory Infectious Disease and Air Pollutant Concentrations in the Yangtze River Delta Region, China |
title_sort | effect of coronavirus 2019 disease control measures on the incidence of respiratory infectious disease and air pollutant concentrations in the yangtze river delta region, china |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8835036/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35162304 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031286 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT wanglan theeffectofcoronavirus2019diseasecontrolmeasuresontheincidenceofrespiratoryinfectiousdiseaseandairpollutantconcentrationsintheyangtzeriverdeltaregionchina AT wangkehan theeffectofcoronavirus2019diseasecontrolmeasuresontheincidenceofrespiratoryinfectiousdiseaseandairpollutantconcentrationsintheyangtzeriverdeltaregionchina AT zhonghui theeffectofcoronavirus2019diseasecontrolmeasuresontheincidenceofrespiratoryinfectiousdiseaseandairpollutantconcentrationsintheyangtzeriverdeltaregionchina AT zhaona theeffectofcoronavirus2019diseasecontrolmeasuresontheincidenceofrespiratoryinfectiousdiseaseandairpollutantconcentrationsintheyangtzeriverdeltaregionchina AT xuwangli theeffectofcoronavirus2019diseasecontrolmeasuresontheincidenceofrespiratoryinfectiousdiseaseandairpollutantconcentrationsintheyangtzeriverdeltaregionchina AT yangyunmei theeffectofcoronavirus2019diseasecontrolmeasuresontheincidenceofrespiratoryinfectiousdiseaseandairpollutantconcentrationsintheyangtzeriverdeltaregionchina AT heyiran theeffectofcoronavirus2019diseasecontrolmeasuresontheincidenceofrespiratoryinfectiousdiseaseandairpollutantconcentrationsintheyangtzeriverdeltaregionchina AT liushelan theeffectofcoronavirus2019diseasecontrolmeasuresontheincidenceofrespiratoryinfectiousdiseaseandairpollutantconcentrationsintheyangtzeriverdeltaregionchina AT wanglan effectofcoronavirus2019diseasecontrolmeasuresontheincidenceofrespiratoryinfectiousdiseaseandairpollutantconcentrationsintheyangtzeriverdeltaregionchina AT wangkehan effectofcoronavirus2019diseasecontrolmeasuresontheincidenceofrespiratoryinfectiousdiseaseandairpollutantconcentrationsintheyangtzeriverdeltaregionchina AT zhonghui effectofcoronavirus2019diseasecontrolmeasuresontheincidenceofrespiratoryinfectiousdiseaseandairpollutantconcentrationsintheyangtzeriverdeltaregionchina AT zhaona effectofcoronavirus2019diseasecontrolmeasuresontheincidenceofrespiratoryinfectiousdiseaseandairpollutantconcentrationsintheyangtzeriverdeltaregionchina AT xuwangli effectofcoronavirus2019diseasecontrolmeasuresontheincidenceofrespiratoryinfectiousdiseaseandairpollutantconcentrationsintheyangtzeriverdeltaregionchina AT yangyunmei effectofcoronavirus2019diseasecontrolmeasuresontheincidenceofrespiratoryinfectiousdiseaseandairpollutantconcentrationsintheyangtzeriverdeltaregionchina AT heyiran effectofcoronavirus2019diseasecontrolmeasuresontheincidenceofrespiratoryinfectiousdiseaseandairpollutantconcentrationsintheyangtzeriverdeltaregionchina AT liushelan effectofcoronavirus2019diseasecontrolmeasuresontheincidenceofrespiratoryinfectiousdiseaseandairpollutantconcentrationsintheyangtzeriverdeltaregionchina |