Air quality status during 2020Malaysia Movement Control Order (MCO) due to 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic

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作者
Abdullah, Samsuri [1 ]
Abu Mansor, Amalina [2 ]
Napi, Nur Nazmi Liyana Mohd [1 ]
Mansor, Wan Nurdiyana Wan [1 ]
Ahmed, Ali Najah [3 ,4 ]
Ismail, Marzuki [2 ,5 ]
Ramly, Zamzam Tuah Ahmad [6 ,7 ]
机构
[1] Univ Malaysia Terengganu, Fac Ocean Engn Technol & Informat, Air Qual & Environm Res Grp, Kuala Nerus 21030, Malaysia
[2] Univ Malaysia Terengganu, Fac Sci & Marine Environm, Kuala Nerus 21030, Malaysia
[3] Univ Tenaga Nas, Fac Engn, Bangi 43650, Malaysia
[4] Univ Tenaga Nas, Inst Engn Infrastruct, Bangi 43650, Malaysia
[5] Univ Malaysia Terengganu, Inst Trop Biodivers & Sustainable Dev, Kuala Nerus 21030, Malaysia
[6] Univ Putra Malaysia, Fac Environm Studies, Serdang 43400, Malaysia
[7] Enviro Excel Tech Sdn Bhd,A-G-K,Univ 360 Pl, Seri Kembangan 43300, Malaysia
关键词
Coronavirus disease; Movement control order; Malaysia; Air pollutant index; Fine particulate matter;
D O I
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139022
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
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08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
An outbreak of respiratory illness which is proven to be infected by a 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) officially named as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first detected in Wuhan, China and has spread rapidly in other parts of China as well as other countries around the world, including Malaysia. The first case in Malaysia was identified on 25 January 2020 and the number of cases continue to rise since March 2020. Therefore, 2020 Malaysia Movement Control Order (MCO) was implemented with the aim to isolate the source of the COVID-19 outbreak. As a result, there were fewer number of motor vehicles on the road and the operation of industries was suspended, ergo reducing emissions of hazardous air pollutants in the atmosphere. We had acquired the Air Pollutant Index (API) data fromthe Department of Environment Malaysia on hourly basis before and during the MCO with the aim to track the changes of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) at 68 air quality monitoring stations. It was found that the PM2.5 concentrations showed a high reduction of up to 58.4% during the MCO. Several red zone areas (>41 confirmed COVID-19 cases) had also reduced of up to 28.3% in the PM2.5 concentrations variation. The reduction did not solely depend on MCO, thus the researchers suggest a further study considering the influencing factors that need to be adhered to in the future. (c) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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