Energy & Science

Air Pollution’s Insidious Link to the Pandemic

Buildings stand at dawn in this aerial photograph taken in Shanghai in 2019.Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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Even before the pandemic struck, outdoor air pollution was linked to the deaths of as many as nine million people each year. Now two new studies show that Covid-19 patients are more likely to die if they live in regions with high levels of air pollution.