Heat warning and public and workers' health at the time of COVID-19 pandemic
Heat warning and public and workers' health at the time of COVID-19 pandemic
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DOI：
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140347
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发表时间：
2020-10-10
影响因子：
9.8
通讯作者：
Marinaccioe, Alessandro
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作者：
Morabito, Marco;Messeri, Alessandro;Marinaccioe, Alessandro
当前，人类正面临第二次世界大战后最严重的全球突发卫生事件——COVID-19大流行的挑战。在夏季，北半球的许多国家还必须应对即将到来的季节性现象，即对极端高温事件的管理。今年的新奇之处是，世界人口将不得不应对一种新形势，即预计将采取具体措施，包括辅助个人防护装备（即口罩和手套），以减少SARS-CoV-2病毒的潜在传播。这些措施应有助于减少感染传播的风险，但也将成为在职业和环境层面抵消对人口健康的热效应的加重因素。使用基于个人、行为和环境特征的个性化信息的特热健康预警系统是一种必要的策略，可以帮助人群在优先考虑避免SARS-CoV-2感染的情况下快速适应。(C) 2020 Elsevier B.V.版权所有
The humanity is currently facing the COVID-19 pandemic challenge, the largest global health emergency after the Second World War. During summer months, many countries in the northern hemisphere will also have to counteract an imminent seasonal phenomenon, the management of extreme heat events. The novelty this year concerns that the world population will have to deal with a new situation that foresees the application of specific measures, including adjunctive personal protective equipment (i.e. facemasks and gloves), in order to reduce the potential transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. These measures should help to decrease the risk of the infection transmission but will also represent an aggravating factor to counteract the heat effects on the population health both at occupational and environmental level. The use of a specific heat health warning system with personalized information based on individual, behavioural and environmental characteristics represents a necessary strategy to help a fast adaptation of the population at a time where the priority is to live avoiding SARS-CoV-2 infection. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.