Two people with no COVID-19 symptoms have been tested positive in Kerala. The asymptomatic patients were identified to be one Italian national and a Keralite who had returned from abroad.
As per reports, if more such cases of asymptomatic patients are reported then it will be concerning as there will be an increased risk of virus spread.
The foreigners and foreign-returned people are not normally subjected to a medical examination if they do not have any symptoms of fever, cough or throat pain. After the local people were found to be apprehensive, the authorities decided to conduct the examination of these two people.
With this, it has been proven that those, who do not have any symptoms, can also be carriers of the disease.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the COVID-19 medical checks in the state will be made more extensive.
Currently, only those with four or five symptoms are subjected to a medical examination. Instead of this, samples of those with one or two symptoms would also be taken for testing. Apart from this, the rapid testing for COVID-19 will be started soon, he added.
For the uninitiated, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reiterated that the Coronavirus cannot remain airborne for long and therefore, the disease cannot be spread through the air.
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