Does Warm Weather Curb Coronavirus? What Experts Say: QuickTake

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In temperate climates, seasonal flu tends to flare in winter and recede as spring arrives. That gave rise to hopes by some that the arrival of warmer weather in the northern hemisphere would keep Covid-19, also transmitted by droplets expelled from the nose and mouth, in check there. The evidence so far suggests the change of seasons has an effect on transmission of the coronavirus -- but a modest one that can’t be relied on to stanch the pandemic.