Can PM2.5 pollution worsen the death rate due to COVID-19 in India and Pakistan?

Can PM_2.5 pollution worsen the death rate due to COVID-19 in India and Pakistan?

Sci Total Environ. 2020 Nov 10:742:140557. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140557. Epub 2020 Jun 27.

¹ Research Center for Air Pollution and Health and the MOE Key Laboratory of Environment Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China. Electronic address: khalid_mehmood@zju.edu.cn.
² Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan.
³ National Engineering Laboratory for Improving Quality of Arable Land, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China.
⁴ Jamia Hamdard (Deemed University), New Delhi 110062, India.
⁵ Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan.
⁶ Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, OH, United States of America.

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Keywords: COVID-19; PM2.5.