Harvard scientists have slammed the World Health Organization (WHO) for suggesting that asymptomatic patients don’t spread the novel coronavirus. On Monday, the UN health agency said it had doubts that the virus was difficult contain due to people without signs such as fever, cough or shortness of breath. WHO officials said that symptomatic spread can … Read more
Nearly half of all cases of the novel coronavirus may be asymptomatic, a new study suggests. Researchers found that more than 40 percent of patients didn’t experience a cough, a fever or difficulty breathing. These patients were more likely to be younger, female, and have much less damage to organs such as the lung and … Read more
Sniffer dogs that can detect asymptomatic coronavirus carriers could screen 250 people an hour Labrador and cocker spaniels are undergoing intensive sniffer dog training They can already sniff out potentially diseases like cancer and malaria Trials will see if they can correctly identify the odour of Covid-19 on humans The approach could ‘revolutionise how we … Read more
‘It was terrifying. I was a little ahead of them in the timing of it all’: Mom unknowingly exposes the coronavirus to 17 of her 18 children because she did not show symptoms Brittany Jencik of Penfield, N.Y., near Rochester, said she was asymptomatic after contracting the coronavirus and unknowingly infected 17 of her 18 children … Read more
Iceland has tested one-tenth of its population for coronavirus at random and found that half of people have the disease without realising. They also discovered that 1600 people have been infected with Covid-19 since the start of the outbreak. Of these cases, there were only seven deaths, indicating a fatality rate of just 0.004 per cent, … Read more
As many as 25 percent of people with coronavirus are asymptomatic, according to CDC director Dr Robert Redfield (pictured at the White House, March 22) The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says as many as one in four coronavirus patients in the US are asymptomatic. Dr Robert Redfield told NPR … Read more