Vol. 13 No. 2 (2020): Climate Change & Health
Articles

COVID-19 & Climate Change

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  • Aahil Damani
Aahil Damani
Guys, Kings & St Thomas's Medical School, London, UK
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.38192/13.2.10

Published 2020-05-02

Keywords

  • Climate change,
  • COVID-19

How to Cite

Damani, A. (2020). COVID-19 & Climate Change. Sushruta Journal of Health Policy & Opinion, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.38192/13.2.10

Abstract

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Climate change has been a focal issue for centuries, but even more so in the last decade, with much focus in recent months on the Venetian natural hazards and the Australian bushfires; visible events that were close to home; in the West. However, fast forward a few months, we now find ourselves in an unimaginable and unprecedented situation; the COVID-19 pandemic, a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) as well as an economic crisis, and climate change could not be more relevant.

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