Data from countries with advanced contract tracing measures seem to show the highly contagious virus is not being spread by those who are asymptomatic. The discovery is prompting officials in Singapore to begin easing restrictions.
The spread of coronavirus by those who do not show any symptoms appears to be "very rare", says a World Health Organization official.Contract tracing in some countries has found the spread of coronavirus by asymptomatic people is rareThe lack of spread by asymptomatic people could be because they do not cough and sneeze as much
Dr van Kerkhove said the WHO continues to look at reports from counties around the world to confirm how the virus is spread by those who are asymptomatic. "When we go back [to countries] and see how many of them were truly asymptomatic, we find many have really mild disease," she said.
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