Compare the Environmental pollution before lock down and
during lockdown due to covid 19 (maximum 2 pages)
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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most serious global crises of our time, many countries had come to see air pollution as a major health issue. The State of Global Air/2019 report noted that air pollution was the fifth leading risk factor for mortality worldwide in 2017, with ambient air pollution contributing to around 5 million deaths globally – or one in 10 deaths. The report found that more people were dying from air pollution-related diseases than from traffic accidents or malaria.
The lockdown to contain the spread of the virus has severely restricted economic activity, and reports are emerging from across the globe of blue skies becoming visible, in some cases for the first time in people’s lifetime. Does this, however, translate into lower levels of harmful air pollutants?
At the same time, emerging evidence suggests that air pollution worsens the health impacts of the virus, makes people more susceptible to COVID-19 and contributes towards its transmission. What do we know about this relationship?
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Improvements in air quality have come at a time of unimaginable human suffering and loss of livelihoods. These improvements will likely dissipate as lockdowns are lifted, and economic activity resumes. Will the air once again become polluted, or is there a possibility for countries to use economic recovery programs to grow back stronger and cleaner, thereby averting another health crisis?