The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday clarified comments made from Monday at a news briefing about asymptomatic transmission of the CCP virus being “very rare.”
Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, an epidemiologist and the WHO’s technical lead on the COVID-19 pandemic, had said on Monday at a regular press briefing (pdf) that data the WHO has received suggests it is “very rare” to have an asymptomatic person transmit the disease.
