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PM 2.5 Increase Risk of Corona Death:  The havoc of Corona has killed more than 70 lakh people in the world. The death rate was so high that even scientists were unable to understand what was happening. But now a new study has revealed that the pollution dissolved in the atmosphere was responsible for such a high death rate during the time of Corona. The study said that due to particulate matter 2.5, the corona virus spread rapidly and due to this more people lost their lives. This study has been done by scientists of Taiwan's National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, who found that PM 2.5 affected the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and also increased the severity of the disease caused by this virus.

PM 2.5 is the biggest villain
Researchers say that air pollution, especially pollutants higher than PM 2.5, increased the mortality rate from Covid-19. PM 2.5 means small particles less than 2.5 mm in the air which dissolve in the air and enter the body through breathing. It particularly affects the respiratory system. Taiwanese research found that when the amount of PM 2.5 was increased, a special protein ACE2 is induced in mice, which rapidly increases the rate of infection. This indicates that PM 2.5 not only increases the spread of the virus, but it also affects the severity of the disease, which increases the effect of infection even more. According to the research, scientists observed through experiments conducted on mice that exposure to PM 2.5 rapidly catalyzes the ACE2 protein in the respiratory system, which increases the infection of the virus. This also resulted in an increase in the amount of ACE and ACE2 proteins in the lungs of mice, and hence the effect of SARS-CoV-2 was seen to increase further.

Need to take strict measures on air pollution
Researchers presented this finding as an important evidence that proves that exposure to PM 2.5 increases the expression of ACE-2 protein and increases the spread and severity of Kovid-19 infection. These results underline a strong link between environmental pollution and Kovid-19. Apart from this, another study has also revealed that there is a deep connection between air pollution and Kovid-19. Researchers at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health in Spain found that air pollution not only increases the severity of Kovid-19 infection, but it can also affect long-term Kovid symptoms. The study said that exposure to pollutants such as PM 2.5 and PM 10 can increase the risk of Kovid-19. Although air pollution cannot be directly blamed for long-term Kovid, it can increase the severity of the initial infection, which ultimately increases the risk of long-term Kovid. This research points to a new type of relationship between air pollution and COVID-19 globally. These findings clearly show that air pollution, especially PM 2.5, promotes the spread and severity of COVID-19. Therefore, it is important that governments and health organizations adopt strict measures to control air pollution so that the severity of future epidemics like COVID-19 can be reduced and the impact of such environmental factors can be prevented.

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