Published 18:49 IST, February 22nd 2020
Chinese woman with no prior symptoms infects five relatives with Coronavirus
Chinese woman who showed no signs of respiratory or pneumonia-like symptoms in CT Scans infected 5 of her relatives with COVID19 in Anyang, Henan province.
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A 20-year-old woman from Wuhan has reportedly infected five of her relatives without depicting any symptoms of Coronavirus infection. case offers an insight into claims me by scientists that an asymptomatic individual was capable of transmitting vel COVID 19, furr spreing contagion, confirmed reports.
According to reports, Meiyun Wang, a medical practitioner at People’s Hospital of Zhengzhou University revealed in a study published in Journal of American Medical Association that woman h travelled 400 miles from Wuhan, in Hubei Province to Anyang in Henan province on January 10th. He furr ded that woman h fallen sick upon arrival and was quarantined by doctors who ran tests on her for dely virus.
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Wang told media that woman who contracted COVID 19 virus was initially tested negative and showed apparent symptoms of any chronic illness. As of February 11, she h alrey infected five of her relatives who developed sure symptoms of Coronavirus, unlike transmitter.
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He furr revealed that 20-year old’s CT scan, in fact, showed signs of respiratory or pneumonia-like symptoms. Wang ded that woman h spre virus without projecting sure signs of contracting disease first.
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Asymptomatic individual can infect ar
Scientists published case as evidence in a research study and concluded that an asymptomatic individual could infect ar with Coronavirus resulting in furr spre of disease, reports said. y warned that findings indicated that curbing global contagion of disease could be significantly challenging for world.
As per reports, some countries like South Korea and Iran are struggling to isolate ir index cases of Coronavirus. This has sparked fears that Wuhan virus might spre more rapidly than anticipated as global confirmed cases continue to soar unabated.
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18:49 IST, February 22nd 2020