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The link between air pollution and COVID-19 deaths

Mumbai's financial district skyline is pictured, after air pollution level started to drop during a nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), India, April 24, 2020.

Clean air over Mumbai during the coronavirus pandemic, April 2020 Image: REUTERS/Hemanshi Kamani

Simon Brandon
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