By VERAH OKEYOMore by this AuthorThe virus that causes Covid-19, just like the viruses that cause the flu, is seasonal and will die down when summer, characterised by higher temperatures and humidity, sets in. This is according to a Kenyan researcher based in the United States, who has marshalled data that shows that the majority of the cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the temperate climates, above the Tropic of Cancer. Spain and Italy, which have recorded extremely high confirmed cases and deaths from Covid-19, are in this region. In the email, Mr Juma added that the region also experiences “more clustering of people indoors due to the cold”. US President Donald Trump has previously suggested that Sars-CoV-2 — the virus that causes Covid-19 — will go away on its own in the warmer weather.

Source: Daily Nation May 13, 2020 04:07 UTC