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Association of Air Pollutant Index (API) on SARS-CoV-2 of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Malaysia

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dc.contributor.authorAbdullah S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorImran M.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMansor A.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorYusof K.M.K.K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDom N.C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSaijan S.K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorYatim S.R.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAhmed A.N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorIsmail M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorid56509029800en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57469276000en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57211858557en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57217119888en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57217286875en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57469633600en_US
dc.contributor.authorid49962728900en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57214837520en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57210403363en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-29T09:41:35Z
dc.date.available2023-05-29T09:41:35Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionatmospheric pollution; COVID-19; disease prevalence; infectious disease; vaccine; virus; Malaysiaen_US
dc.description.abstractMalaysia reported its first COVID-19 case on January 25, 2020, and the cases have continued to grow, necessitating the implementation of additional measures. Hence, determining the factors responsible for the significant increase in COVID-19 cases is the top priority issue for the government to take necessary action and ultimately restrain this virus before the vaccine availability. Researchers had predicted that air pollution had an indirect relationship with COVID-19 in terms of virus infections. As a result, this study focuses on the link between the Air Pollutant Index (API) and COVID-19 infections. The initial data set consists of daily confirmed COVID-19 cases in Malaysia and API readings obtained from the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Department of the Environment (DOE). The results show that Klang (S22) recorded the highest mean of API which at 62.70 while the lowest is at Limbang (S37) (25.37). Next, due to the implementation of Movement Control Order (MCO) in Malaysia and reducing social movement, 27 stations recorded a good level of API compare to the stations that recorded moderate and unhealthy levels. There is positive relationship between API and COVID-19 at each of the region which are North 0.4% (R2=0.004), Central 2.1% (R2=0.021), South 0.04% (R2=0.0004), East 1.6% (R2=0.016), Sarawak 0.2% (R2=0.002), meanwhile Sabah recorded negative correlation at 4.3% (R2=0.043). To conclude, the API value did not have a strong relationship with the rising number of COVID-19 daily cases � 2022 by Asian Association for Atmospheric Environmenten_US
dc.description.natureFinalen_US
dc.identifier.ArtNo2021094
dc.identifier.doi10.5572/ajae.2021.094
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85125426558
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85125426558&doi=10.5572%2fajae.2021.094&partnerID=40&md5=f06f8ff4c15e6ea27083c17d0459b47a
dc.identifier.urihttps://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/27249
dc.identifier.volume16
dc.publisherKorean Society for Atmospheric Environmenten_US
dc.relation.ispartofAll Open Access, Gold
dc.sourceScopus
dc.sourcetitleAsian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
dc.titleAssociation of Air Pollutant Index (API) on SARS-CoV-2 of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Malaysiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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