TY - JOUR
T1 - Sunlight exposure increased Covid-19 recovery rates
T2 - A study in the central pandemic area of Indonesia
AU - Asyary, Al
AU - Veruswati, Meita
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thanks to Indonesian government authorities for Covid-19, as well as to Directorate of Research and Community Engagement of Universitas Indonesia (DRPM-UI), that made the data available and supported to this study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2020/8/10
Y1 - 2020/8/10
N2 - This study aims to present the correlation between sunlight exposure and Covid-19 statuses in Jakarta, Indonesia. The secondary data analysis was derived from surveillance data for Covid-19 from government authorities, including the Ministry of Health, the Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency, and the local government of Jakarta. Three statuses related to Covid-19 were examined in the study: incidence, death, and recovered. Meanwhile, sunlight exposure was presented as daily duration of it. Only the number of recovered patients correlated significantly with sunlight exposure (p-value =.025; r = 0.350). This study's findings showed that sunlight exposure was associated with recovery from Covid-19.
AB - This study aims to present the correlation between sunlight exposure and Covid-19 statuses in Jakarta, Indonesia. The secondary data analysis was derived from surveillance data for Covid-19 from government authorities, including the Ministry of Health, the Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency, and the local government of Jakarta. Three statuses related to Covid-19 were examined in the study: incidence, death, and recovered. Meanwhile, sunlight exposure was presented as daily duration of it. Only the number of recovered patients correlated significantly with sunlight exposure (p-value =.025; r = 0.350). This study's findings showed that sunlight exposure was associated with recovery from Covid-19.
KW - Coronavirus
KW - Indonesia
KW - Recovery
KW - Sunlight
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85085855186&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139016
DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139016
M3 - Article
C2 - 32361458
AN - SCOPUS:85085855186
SN - 0048-9697
VL - 729
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
M1 - 139016
ER -