Shiloh
Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: https://www.gabonmediatime.com/covid-19-plus-de-80-des-cas-sont-asymptomatiques-au-gabon/
Covid-19: more than 80% of cases are asymptomatic in Gabon
By
Mondjo Mouega -
April 14, 2020 at 7:11 pm
The mystery around the patients being affected by the coronavirus, but having no symptoms makes the task of containing the virus even more complex than it already is. This is particularly the case in Gabon where, according to the spokesperson for the Steering Committee for the watch and response plan against the coronavirus pandemic in Gabon (Copil-Coronavirus), Dr. Guy Patrick Obiang Ndong is more than 80% positive cases that are asymptomatic.
During his press briefing on Monday, April 13, 2020, the spokesman for the Copil-Coronavirus wanted to shed some light on the status of people who tested positive, whose number now stands at 75, including one death and one in remission. Thus, “more than 80% of our Covid-19 patients are asymptomatic. And these are incidental discoveries because of the strategy that has been put in place and which is to screen all contact cases, "revealed Dr. Guy Patrick Obiang Ndong
The mystery around the patients being affected by the coronavirus, but having no symptoms makes the task of containing the virus even more complex than it already is. As proof, the spokesperson for the Steering Committee of the watch and response plan against the coronavirus pandemic in Gabon revealed that the two cases currently in intensive care are people who did not have clinical symptoms.
These subjects are very problematic from a medical point of view first of all because the people themselves do not know that they are sick. Second, because they can spread the virus more easily than they think they don't have it. Finally, because to the extent that a large-scale testing policy is not in place, it is impossible to know who is asymptomatic and who is not a carrier.
Covid-19: more than 80% of cases are asymptomatic in Gabon
By
Mondjo Mouega -
April 14, 2020 at 7:11 pm
The mystery around the patients being affected by the coronavirus, but having no symptoms makes the task of containing the virus even more complex than it already is. This is particularly the case in Gabon where, according to the spokesperson for the Steering Committee for the watch and response plan against the coronavirus pandemic in Gabon (Copil-Coronavirus), Dr. Guy Patrick Obiang Ndong is more than 80% positive cases that are asymptomatic.
During his press briefing on Monday, April 13, 2020, the spokesman for the Copil-Coronavirus wanted to shed some light on the status of people who tested positive, whose number now stands at 75, including one death and one in remission. Thus, “more than 80% of our Covid-19 patients are asymptomatic. And these are incidental discoveries because of the strategy that has been put in place and which is to screen all contact cases, "revealed Dr. Guy Patrick Obiang Ndong
The mystery around the patients being affected by the coronavirus, but having no symptoms makes the task of containing the virus even more complex than it already is. As proof, the spokesperson for the Steering Committee of the watch and response plan against the coronavirus pandemic in Gabon revealed that the two cases currently in intensive care are people who did not have clinical symptoms.
These subjects are very problematic from a medical point of view first of all because the people themselves do not know that they are sick. Second, because they can spread the virus more easily than they think they don't have it. Finally, because to the extent that a large-scale testing policy is not in place, it is impossible to know who is asymptomatic and who is not a carrier.