HEALTH Secretary Matt Hancock said as many as 80 per cent of people who tested positive for coronavirus in England had not displayed any symptoms. Mr Hancock was speaking as it emerged the new NHS …
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the test and trace scheme was key for isolating those with the virusto determine how many people from across the country at any one time are infected with Covid-19.
He told the daily Downing Street briefing: "The big-picture answer is that yes there are some people who don't have symptoms but do have the virus. "That is quite a significant finding and one of the important things about this disease, in the same way that asymptomatic transmission is one of the things that makes controlling this disease really hard and is novel for any coronavirus, and is one of the things that makes it so difficult."
In total, from May 28 to June 3, 31,794 contacts were identified and, of these 26,985 were reached and told to self-isolate - 85 per cent of contacts.
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