WHO Says Transmission by Asymptomatic Covid Patients ‘Very Rare’

Spread of the coronavirus by asymptomatic patients is "very rare," the World Health Organization said Monday, calling into question research that suggested asymptomatic cases could be spreading the disease on a large scale.“From the data we have, it still seems to be rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a secondary individual,” said Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, who leads the WHO’s diseases and zoonosis unit, during a press briefing in Geneva, where WHO