With more data, the effort to link the disease to seasonal weather patterns might eventually help public-health authorities anticipate future outbreaks and marshal timely countermeasures, the U.S.-based scientists said. “We should prepare for annual or sporadic outbreaks every few years,” said Stephen Kissler, a biomathematician at the Harvard T.H. Cities with low temperatures and humidity had the severest coronavirus outbreaks. Coronavirus Free to Read“People want to know if this is going to go away in the summer,” Dr. Sajadi said. They just go to different areas.”WSJ Newsletter Get an early-morning coronavirus briefing each weekday, plus a health-news update Fridays: Sign up here.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 23, 2020 09:22 UTC