“The incidence is influenced by weather factors.
As in the case of other respiratory viral infections, bad weather causes hypothermia and makes it more susceptible to infections, "RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.
Pshenichnaya recalled that the presence of other viruses in the body can complicate the course of the disease caused by coronavirus infection.
Previously, the head of the laboratory of biology and indication of arboviruses at the D.I. Ivanovsky, Alexander Butenko, in an interview with PolitExpert, assessed the possible impact of hot weather on the pandemic.