Asymptomatic Virus Carriers Recoup Better Indoors
According to a recent study, the infectivity of asymptomatic patients (having no clinical symptoms but testing positive for COVID-19) could be nearly the same as confirmed cases. However, such people are better off staying indoors than traveling out, because the chances of them curing through their own immunity are much higher than the ones already exhibiting symptoms.
Private entities are providing makeshift infrastructure as medical facilities in India, Britain and the US. Additionally, hotels are being used for their beds to room the sick.
Sadly, hospitals are now faced with the harsh reality of choosing who they admit. The story of desperation has come in from Italy and now the US is facing the same state of affairs.
Undeniably, asymptomatic COVID-19 patients are as virulent and infective as symptomatic ones. This may also have a category of those having no clinical symptoms but tested positive for new coronavirus. Such patients can infect several healthy people, according to new studies.
Actually, asymptomatic cases are far more dangerous because when they don’t show symptoms and have been infected, they are carrying the virus and can infect many others, unknowingly. Most may not show symptoms if they are in the incubation period.
Dr. Showkat Shah, Consultant & Head Critical Care Medicine and Medical Superintendent, Khyber Hospital Srinagar, shared in his tweet, “It is going to be a whole lot better if only symptomatic patients were admitted into hospitals. This will reduce the pressure on the hospital’s services too.”
News is pouring in that the US is not being able to handle the incoming cases of coronavirus hit patients. There is the dearth of medical facilities worldwide and many countries are now trying to create makeshift facilities to cater to infected patients. In Spain, the infection rate has shot up by 30 percent. Hospitals are not being able to accommodate everyone.
This may be a simple and wise way of making good use of whatever resources that each country can put together to help contain the spread and accommodate the sick and the ailing, who might be suffering from other diseases like heart failure, terminal illnesses, kidney issues, brain injuries, etc.
The toughest part is the make available ventilators and ICU facilities.
Private entities are providing makeshift infrastructure as medical facilities in India, Britain and the US. Additionally, hotels are being used for their beds to room the sick.
Sadly, hospitals are now faced with the harsh reality of choosing who they admit. The story of desperation has come in from Italy and now the US is facing the same state of affairs.
Undeniably, asymptomatic COVID-19 patients are as virulent and infective as symptomatic ones. This may also have a category of those having no clinical symptoms but tested positive for new coronavirus. Such patients can infect several healthy people, according to new studies.
Actually, asymptomatic cases are far more dangerous because when they don’t show symptoms and have been infected, they are carrying the virus and can infect many others, unknowingly. Most may not show symptoms if they are in the incubation period.
Dr. Showkat Shah, Consultant & Head Critical Care Medicine and Medical Superintendent, Khyber Hospital Srinagar, shared in his tweet, “It is going to be a whole lot better if only symptomatic patients were admitted into hospitals. This will reduce the pressure on the hospital’s services too.”
News is pouring in that the US is not being able to handle the incoming cases of coronavirus hit patients. There is the dearth of medical facilities worldwide and many countries are now trying to create makeshift facilities to cater to infected patients. In Spain, the infection rate has shot up by 30 percent. Hospitals are not being able to accommodate everyone.
This may be a simple and wise way of making good use of whatever resources that each country can put together to help contain the spread and accommodate the sick and the ailing, who might be suffering from other diseases like heart failure, terminal illnesses, kidney issues, brain injuries, etc.
The toughest part is the make available ventilators and ICU facilities.
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