Can you transmit covid if you are asymptomatic

The study has also highlighted the need to test much more widely. 'We thought that's a lot of people actually who may not know that they are infected and that may have implications for how the infection is transmitted at the moment,' says Petersen. Of those with a positive result, only 16 who had reported symptoms on the day of the test did not report any specific symptoms when they were tested. The data showed 115 people out of the total 36,061 people in the pilot study had a positive test result. It included data from a representative population sample of 36,061 people living in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is one of the first studies exploring the link. It used data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey pilot study, which looked at the association between symptoms and test results. Irene Petersen and her colleagues found that 86 percent of those who tested positive for COVID-19 during the first lockdown in England, did not have any of the virus symptoms. In October, epidemiologists at University College London (UCL), published a study on asymptomatic and potential 'silent' transmitters of the virus.

However, there have been many cases of people being carriers without displaying any symptoms вЂ“ therefore not knowing they have the virus and possibly spreading it to others.

There has been plenty of advice and information about the symptoms of COVID-19, with experts stressing the importance of testing and isolating should someone experience any of the known ones.

Can you transmit covid if you are asymptomatic