Air Pollution: Coronavirus
(asked on 30th December 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any link between poor air quality in city centres and any increase in (1) COVID-19, and (2) respiratory diseases, in urban areas.
This question was answered on 13th January 2021
There is currently no clear evidence to suggest that air pollution has a direct link to the spread or severity of COVID-19. Public Health England (PHE) and Government departments are continuously reviewing whether air pollution may influence the health impact of COVID-19.
PHE has made no specific estimation of the impact of air pollution on respiratory disease in urban areas in the United Kingdom.