Abstract
THE COVID-19 pandemic began to emerge by the end of 2019, creating an unprecedented and dramatic world-wide catastrophe. The SARS-CoV-2 virus has already changed the global map and forced the world to start a new era in which no one can predict the volume of social, economic and environmental changes that will occur world-wide. Soil and air are two compartments of the agroecosystem that represent two vital columns of the environment's structure. Due to social distancing, lockdowns and quarantines, air pollution was reduced in several cities worldwide, whereas this relationship for soil as a complex system still needs more investigation. The most immediate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on soils and vice versa probably depend primarily on human activities. Management of soils may include restoring soils from and increasing resilience to viral impacts and sustaining crop yields for long-term sustainability to keep the soil healthy for future generations. Therefore, this review is an attempt to highlight the mutual impact of COVID-19 on pollution of soil and air. Many open questions are discussed in this review article, including the expected environmental impacts of COVID-19 on soil and air, does soil play a role in spreading COVID-19, soil pollution status under the COVID-19 outbreak, and what are the projected management scenarios for soil and air pollution under the COVID-19 outbreak?