Emissions of COVID-19 among asymptomatic individuals are relatively low, according to the findings of a new experimental study that intentionally infected patients. The study was published in the weekly peer-reviewed The Lancet medical journal on June 9. The research was conducted at the quarantine unit at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in London, UK, between March 6 and July 8,…

BEIJING—China said Wednesday that it would stop reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since they’ve become impossible to track with mass testing no longer required, another step in the country’s departure from some of the world’s strictest antivirus policies. The change in reporting practices comes the week after the country announced its most significant easing yet of…

People who have COVID-19 but aren’t showing any symptoms are much less likely to transmit the virus that causes the disease, researchers have found. Health officials around the world have warned throughout the pandemic that people who don’t have symptoms could transmit SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 and is also known as the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus….

Australian supermarket giant Woolworths has welcomed the Queensland government’s decision to exempt asymptomatic close contacts from isolating when they’re classified as a close contact of a COVID-19 case, allowing workers in the critical food and grocery supply chain to return to work. “This is a proportionate response to challenges faced across the food and grocery…

The recent epidemic in Tonghua City, Jilin Province has spread rapidly. The authority reported on January 28 that an asymptomatic infected patient had infected more than 140 people, leading to the outbreak. The public security bureau and the prosecutor’s office of Tonghua City announced that they would start an investigation into this patient. However, it’s…

Some experts are worried that England’s rollout of rapid test kits for people without COVID-19 symptoms could backfire due to the limited accuracy of the technology—especially if government messaging is not clear. The UK government announced on Sunday that the lateral flow testing kits as piloted in Liverpool in the autumn would be available for…