Public Health of Indonesia
Vol. 6 No. 4 (2020): October - December

VULNERABILITY OF WEATHER ON COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN WEST JAVA, INDONESIA

Tosepu, Ramadhan (Unknown)
Effendy, Devi Savitri (Unknown)
Ahmad, La Ode Ali Imran (Unknown)
Lestari, Hariati (Unknown)
Bahar, Hartati (Unknown)
Asfian, Pitrah (Unknown)
Sakka, Ambo (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Nov 2020

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 is a pandemic that spreads very fast. Until now, COVID-19 has spread in 207 countries.Objective: This study aimed to analyze the correlation between weather factors and COVID-19 in West Java, Indonesia. This study used a secondary data analysis of weather data from the Meteorological Department of the Republic of Indonesia and surveillance of COVID-19 from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia. The weather has five components, including minimum temperature (0C), maximum temperature (0C), temperature average (0C), humidity (%), amount of rainfall (mm), and wind speed (m/s). Data were analyzed using Spearman's rank correlation test.Result: Of the weather components, only temperature average (r = 0.545; p <0.001) and humidity (r = -0.500; p <0.001) significantly correlated with COVID-19.Conclusion: The results can be used to decrease the pandemic of COVID-19 in Indonesia.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

PHI

Publisher

Subject

Public Health

Description

Public Health of Indonesia is an International, peer-reviewed, and open access journal emphasizing on original research findings that are relevant for developing country perspectives including Indonesia. The journal considers publication of articles as original article, review article, short ...