Is SARS CoV-2 affected by temperature?

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A recent study suggests that high temperatures and high humidity reduces the transmission of COVI-19. The study which was performed in China looking into various cities in China with different climate suggested that  an increase of just one degree Celsius and 1% relative humidity increase substantially lower the virus’s transmission.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3551767

This finding indicates that the arrival of summer and rainy season in the northern hemisphere can effectively reduce the transmission of the COVID-19.