World Health Organisation epidemiologist Maria van Kerkhove on Tuesday clarified her comments that transmission from symptomatic cases of Covid-19 was "very rare", citing a "misunderstanding".

WHO official backtracks after claiming asymptomatic transmission ‘very rare’

After the World Health Organization(WHO) said that coronavirus transmission from asymptomatic carriers was "very rare", it clarified saying it was "referring to very few studies, some two or three".

After saying asymptomatic carriers spreading COVID-19 very rare, WHO clarifies

There may have been limited human-to-human transmission of a new coronavirus in China within families, and it is possible there could be a wider outbreak, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday.

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