‘Few asymptomatic cases’


Lending a cleaning hand Cemetery workers in protective suits cleaning tombs at the Babaoshan cemetery in Beijing. People can ask cemetery workers to help clean tombs and place flowers and offerings to deceased relatives during the Qing Ming Festival, which falls on April 4 this year, to prevent the normally large family gatherings following the Covid-19 outbreak. — Xinhua/AP

BEIJING: There aren’t a large number of asymptomatic patients of Covid-19 pneumonia in China now, a renowned respiratory expert said during an interview with China Central Television.

Asymptomatic Covid-19 patients refer to those who do not show any symptoms, including fever and cough, but their tests for the novel coronavirus are positive.

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