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Exposure of NO2 for long-term leads to the risk of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and sometimes leads to fatality. This paper aims to analyze the NO2 level impact in India during pre- and post-COVID-19 lockdown. The study also examines the relationship between the fatality rate of humans because of exposure to NO2 and COVID-19.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Spatial analysis has been conducted in India based on the mortality rate caused by the COVID-19 using the data obtained through Internet of Medical things. Meanwhile, the mortality rate because of the exposure of NO2 has been conducted in India to analyze the relationship. Further, NO2 level assessment is carried out using Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite data. Moreover, aerosol optical depth analysis has been carried out based on NASA\u2019s Earth Observing System data.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Findings<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The results indicate that NO2 level has dropped 20-year low because of the COVID-19 lockdown. The results also determine that the mortality rate because of long-time exposure to NO2 is higher than COVID-19 and the mortality rate because of COVID-19 may be a circumlocutory effect owing to the inhalation of NO2.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Originality\/value<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Using the proposed approach, the COVID-19 spread can be identified by knowing the air pollution in major cities. The research also identifies that COVID-19 may have an effect because of the inhalation of NO2, which can severe the COVID-19 in the human body.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/ijpcc-08-2020-0115","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,26]],"date-time":"2020-11-26T02:29:47Z","timestamp":1606357787000},"page":"476-484","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Assessing nitrogen dioxide (NO2) impact on health pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic using IoT in India"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Sitharthan","family":"R.","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Vellore Institute of Technology School of Electrical Engineering, , Vellore,","place":["India"]}]},{"given":"Shanmuga Sundar","family":"D.","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidad de Chile Departamento de F\u00edsica, Facultad de Ciencias F\u00edsicas y Matem\u00e1ticas, , 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