Asthma emergency admissions plunged as lockdown improved air, Oxford study finds

First study to tally asthma exacerbations with air pollution during pandemic finds numbers admitted to A&E fell 41% in 2020

A new study in Oxford has found that emergency hospital admissions for asthma dropped by 41% in 2020 as air pollution from traffic fell due to Covid restrictions.

Dr Suzanne Bartington from the University of Birmingham, who led the Oxford study, said: The Covid-19 pandemic led to a unique opportunity where we could study the impacts of rapid changes in human activities on air quality."