Research and analysis

Air pollution: link with COVID-19 infection and adverse outcomes

COMEAP summary of the science linking long-term air pollution exposure with SARS-CoV-2 infection and adverse COVID-19 outcomes.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 6 September 2023

Documents

Statement on the state of the science linking long-term air pollution exposure with SARS-CoV-2 infection and adverse COVID-19 outcomes

Ref: UKHSA publications gateway number GOV-15329

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Interim assessment for the synthesis and integration of epidemiological and toxicological evidence (SETE) for long-term exposure to PM2.5 and COVID-19

Ref: UKHSA publications gateway number GOV-15329

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Details

The statement from the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) evaluates the current ‘state of the science’ on the association between air pollution and COVID-19. It focuses on individual-level studies linking long-term exposure to air pollution with SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 outcomes in human populations (epidemiological studies) and on studies of how air pollution might affect the body’s response to the virus (mechanistic studies).

In the working paper, COMEAP is trialling an approach to provide an assessment and visual representation of the strength of the evidence for causality between long-term exposure to PM_2.5 and severity of COVID-19 outcomes following infection with SARS-CoV-2.

Published 6 September 2023