Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - The Coronavirus Briefing Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailWarm and sunny weather could be helping to cut the number of coronavirus cases in Britain, say experts. British researchers have discovered a link between low vitamin D levels and high infection and death rates after comparing average levels of vitamin D in Europe. It is suggested that people with low levels of vitamin D may be at greater risk. They found that Italy and Spain, which have two of the highest death tolls in the world, have lower than average vitamin D levels. He added: “There is some evidence that vitamin D supplements reduce the risk of respiratory virus infections and there is good evidence that vitamin D deficiency impairs the immune system.

Source: Daily Mirror May 16, 2020 21:51 UTC