Asymptomatic Patients with Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

• Published in: Balkan medical journal 2020-06, Vol.37 (4), p.229-230
• Main Authors: An, Peng, Song, Ping, Wang, Yong, Liu, Bo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Asymptomatic Infections; Betacoronavirus; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; Coronavirus Infections - diagnostic imaging; COVID-19; COVID-19 Testing; Female; Humans; Letter to the Editor; Male; Middle Aged; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnostic imaging; SARS-CoV-2; Tıp
• ISSN: 2146-3123; 2146-3131
• DOI: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2020.2020.4.20

Since the outbreak of the new coronavirus in Wuhan in December 2019, it has now spread to more than 100 countries around the world. The cumulative number of confirmed cases is as high as 1.1 million, with 58,000 deaths, bringing huge challenges to the people world-wide. The Chinese government has curbed the rising epidemic situation in China through strict prevention and disease control mechanisms (1-3). At present, there are only 1,021 confirmed cases and only 300 critical cases (4). Hubei Province, the epicenter of the epidemic, has been deregulated, whereas Wuhan will be deregulated on April 8. However, while celebrating the victory over pneumonia, we should not ignore a very serious challenge. There may be many asymptomatic patients in China. As yet, there are 1,400 known asymptomatic patients in China (4). Since many asymptomatic patients are unknown and therefore not isolated, it is very difficult to control the outbreak. Therefore, in this study, we present 25 asymptomatic patients that we hope will give significant insights into COVID-19. This work was approved by the ethics committee of Xiangyang first people's Hospital Affiliated to Hubei University of Medicine [(2019) LSZ (S109)] and informed consent was obtained from the patients for clinical research.