Clarifying the WHO’s comments on asymptomatic transmission

On Monday, a WHO official, Dr Maria van Kerkhove, said in a statement that asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19 was “very rare.” Subsequent media reports added to the confusion. CNBC opened a story on this stating that “Coronavirus patients without symptoms aren’t driving the spread of the virus, World Health Organization officials said Monday, casting doubt

Testing for COVID-19 after protests

[Update: This Perspective in the New England Journal of Medicine on False Negative Tests for SARS-CoV-2 Infection — Challenges and Implications was just published on June 5 2020, which adds a good perspective on this discussion. Dr Carlos del Rio, Emory University, commented on Twitter: “A very good perspective in @NEJM but it unfortunately fails