International trade as critical parameter of COVID-19 spread that outclasses demographic, economic, environmental, and pollution factors

E Bontempi, M Coccia - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that caused the
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), generating high numbers of COVID-19 related …

Can commercial trade represent the main indicator of the COVID-19 diffusion due to human-to-human interactions? A comparative analysis between Italy, France, and …

E Bontempi, M Coccia, S Vergalli, A Zanoletti - Environmental research, 2021 - Elsevier
The main goal of this study is to analyze the relation between commercial trade and
pandemic severity in society, in order to support new hypotheses which can explain …

Two mechanisms for accelerated diffusion of COVID-19 outbreaks in regions with high intensity of population and polluting industrialization: the air pollution-to-human …

M Coccia - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
What is COVID-19? Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is viral infection that generates a
severe acute respiratory syndrome with serious pneumonia that may result in progressive …

Factors determining the diffusion of COVID-19 and suggested strategy to prevent future accelerated viral infectivity similar to COVID

M Coccia - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
This study has two goals. The first is to explain the geo-environmental determinants of the
accelerated diffusion of COVID-19 that is generating a high level of deaths. The second is to …

[HTML][HTML] Rich at risk: socio-economic drivers of COVID-19 pandemic spread

S Gangemi, L Billeci, A Tonacci - Clinical and Molecular Allergy, 2020 - Springer
COVID-19, the novel coronavirus affecting the most part of worldwide countries since early
2020, is fast increasing its prevalence around the world, representing a significant …

[HTML][HTML] Global expansion of COVID-19 pandemic is driven by population size and airport connections

MTP Coelho, JFM Rodrigues, AM Medina, P Scalco… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
The pandemic state of COVID-19 caused by the SARS CoV-2 put the world in quarantine,
led to hundreds of thousands of deaths and is causing an unprecedented economic crisis …

Commercial exchanges instead of air pollution as possible origin of COVID-19 initial diffusion phase in Italy: more efforts are necessary to address interdisciplinary …

E Bontempi - Environmental Research, 2020 - Elsevier
This communication aims to advocate a more coordinate activity mainly between medical
and environmental scientists to clarify some confusing information related to airborne …

[HTML][HTML] Sustaining trade during COVID-19 pandemic: Establishing a conceptual model including COVID-19 impact

NMA Saif, J Ruan, B Obrenovic - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The conceptual research aims to identify antecedents conducive to bilateral trade during the
COVID-19 pandemic. Considering the relevance of bilateral trade for foreign policy and …

[PDF][PDF] Impacts of covid-19 on international trade: evidence from the first quarter of 2020

K Hayakawa, H Mukunoki - IDE Discussion Paper, 2020 - ir.ide.go.jp
The aim of this study is to present early evidence for the impacts of coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) on international trade. Accordingly, we investigate trade among 186 …

Impact of international travel and border control measures on the global spread of the novel 2019 coronavirus outbreak

CR Wells, P Sah, SM Moghadas… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The novel coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) in mainland China has rapidly spread across
the globe. Within 2 mo since the outbreak was first reported on December 31, 2019, a total of …