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Covid-19 and pollution: the conference on the EpiCovAir project on 20 June

On 20 June, from 10 to 12, the results of EpiCovAir, the national epidemiological project on COVID-19 and air pollution promoted by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) and by the Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e Ricerca Ambientale - National System for the Environmental Protection (ISPRA-SNPA).

  • When Jun 20, 2023 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Europe/Berlin / UTC200)
  • Where Rome/Online
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Since the beginning of the pandemic emergency, the possible link between Covid-19 and air pollution has become a central topic in the international media debate, arousing theories and hypotheses from many quarters that it was considered right and necessary to investigate in Italy too to give a technical-scientific answer.
For this reason, the Istituto Superiore di Sanità and ISPRA with the National System for the Protection of the Environment immediately launched a joint national program of epidemiological studies, the EpiCovAir project, with the collaboration of the Italian Environment and Health Network (RIAS) .

The participation of the President of ISPRA and SNPA, Stefano Laporta, is expected.

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