Coronavirus: Climate could be key factor limiting community infection in GCC From English Alarabiya: The Arabian Gulf region has seen relatively low community infection rates of coronavirus due to good infrastructure, screening, travel bans and public health information, experts say. But it may also have one advantage over many other regions in the fight against the virus – climate, according to a study. A new investigation by the University of Maryland found that the virus has so far spread predominately east and west, rather than south and north, indicating that climate and latitude could be a factor in how the virus spreads. Coronavirus hotspots that have seen community spread, in other words, where it’s been transmitted widely among members of a community rather than just found in those returning from other locations, roughly fall within the same latitude range. Hotspots for community spread such as Iran, South Korea, Japan, and northern Italy are all located roughly along the 30-50 degrees north latitude, a study conducted at University of Maryland’s Institute of Human Virology found. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2020/03/11/Coronavirus-Climate-could-be-key-factor-limiting-community-infection-in-GCC-.html?utm_source=insider&utm_medium=web_push&utm_campaign=en_climate_and_coronavirus&webPushId=OTkxNQ==