How Sri Lankan Climate behave in COVID19
Climate is defined as the nature of the atmosphere that exists at a given place over a period of time. Climate is a collection of atmospheric elements (and their variations) solar radiation, temperature, humidity, clouds and precipitation (type, frequency, and amount), atmospheric pressure, and wind (speed and direction).
Depending on the location of Sri Lanka (tropical northern latitudes ranging from 5 55 to 90 51 and East longitude 79 42 to 81 53) consists of tropical climatic features and quite hot.
The Sri Lanka rainfall pattern is the monsoon winds of the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. Sri Lanka can be marked in to 4 climate seasons.
- First Inter-monsoon Season (March – April)
- Southwest -monsoon Season (May – September)
- Second Inter-monsoon Season (October-November)
- Northeast -monsoon Season (December – February)
Sri Lanka climate how to behave in covid virus
Sri Lanka is a country close to the equator and therefore has a relatively warm climate. This warmer climate will help reduce the prevalence of Covid 19.?
Climate influences the corona virus to survive in the environment before it can spread from one infected person to another. Research conducted by the University of Texas at Austin explains how the corona changes in the weather. Temperature and humidity do not play a significant role in the spread of coronavirus.However, Cold weather and snow CANNOT kill the COVID-19 virus and temperature does not seem to be important for Covid 19.The spread of covID-19 based on human behavior can be minimized by following health rules such as wearing safe face masks, social distance of at least 1 meter from others, and cleaning your hands with alcohol-based hand rub or wash hand with soap and water.