Covid-19: identifying and isolating asymptomatic people helped eliminate virus in Italian village

“The percentage of people infected, even if asymptomatic, in the population is very high and represents the majority of cases, particularly, but not only, among young people. Tom Jefferson, a doctor and epidemiologist at the Nordic Cochrane Centre based in the Veneto region, said the Vo’Eugeano stud...

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Published in:	BMJ (Online) Vol. 368; p. m1165
Main Author:	Day, Michael
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 23-03-2020
Subjects:	Asymptomatic Coronaviruses COVID-19 Disease transmission Fatalities Italy China
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Summary:	“The percentage of people infected, even if asymptomatic, in the population is very high and represents the majority of cases, particularly, but not only, among young people. Tom Jefferson, a doctor and epidemiologist at the Nordic Cochrane Centre based in the Veneto region, said the Vo’Eugeano study results would have major implications for testing policy, if they were representative of covid-19 elsewhere. Other reports suggested that testing on the Diamond Princess cruise ship did find a significant number of symptomless cases.
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ISSN:	1756-1833 1756-1833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.m1165