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Opinion

Effect of COVID-19 on the ambient air pollution in Tunisia during 2020 and 2021 years

Abderrazak Arif*

Published: 02 September, 2022 | Volume 3 - Issue 1 | Pages: 054-059

The epidemic of COVID-19 was reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and turned into a national crisis, with infected individuals diagnosed all over China [1-3]. In early March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the Wuhan epidemic has turned into a global pandemic. Many European countries have started to know several cases affected by this coronavirus, which is known to be highly contagious. The WHO has launched several recommendations to curb the spread of this virus and to call the general confinement establishment in the affected countries. 

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