Asymptomatic

In a coronavirus update press briefing on Monday, the World Health Organization revealed that the latest data shows that asymptomatic spread of the novel virus is “very rare.” WHO emerging diseases and zoonosis unit head Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove believes that we should focus on symptomatic cases, as asymptomatic carriers aren’t likely to transmit the…

TOPLINE The World Health Organization made noise Monday when the head of its emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, said during a briefing that transmission of the novel coronavirus by asymptomatic carriers is "very rare." World Health Organization (WHO) Technical Lead Maria Van Kerkhove talks during a daily press ... [+] briefing…

Coronavirus patients without symptoms aren't driving the spread of the virus, World Health Organization officials said Monday, casting doubt on concerns by some researchers that the disease could be difficult to contain due to asymptomatic infections. Some people, particularly young and otherwise healthy individuals, who are infected by the coronavirus never develop symptoms or only develop…

Dr. Deborah Birx, the Coronavirus Response Coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, said that the medical community might have underestimated the number of asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 at the beginning of the pandemic. On Saturday night, Dr. Birx appeared on Fox News' "Justice with Judge Jeanine" to discuss the coronavirus pandemic. Host Jeanine…

10 ReferencesArticleTraditional infection-control and public health strategies rely heavily on early detection of disease to contain spread. When Covid-19 burst onto the global scene, public health officials initially deployed interventions that were used to control severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003, including symptom-based case detection and subsequent testing to guide isolation and quarantine. This…