Air pollution made Covid-19 worse, claims EU report

Poor quality environments contribute to one in every eight deaths of Europeans, while also exacerbating the coronavirus pandemic, according to a major new European Environment Agency

Poor quality environments contribute to one in every eight deaths of Europeans, while also exacerbating the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a major new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA).

According to the findings of the report released today, some 13% of all deaths in the EU were attributable to the environment in 2012 but should have been preventable.