The virus is very difficult to contain.

Many experts studying the pandemic have said one reason for that is because of silent

spreaders.

That's why it came as a bit of a shock to hear this yesterday from the World Health Organization.

It still appears to be rare that an asymptomatic individual actually transmits onward.

Rebombshell assertion suggesting transmission from patients who do not show symptoms is actually

not very common.

Recently, there's been some confusion about how the coronavirus actually spreads.

Last week in official at the World Health Organization said asymptomatic transmission of the virus

appears to be rare.

Now this seemed to contradict what many experts, myself included, have been saying for months.

That is, even if you don't feel sick, you could still be spreading the virus.

Now a day later, the World Health Organization did clarify their position, but a lot of

people are still left wondering, what is the truth here?

Can you spread coronavirus to others?

Even if you don't have symptoms?

So today, I'm going to clear up what we know, what the evidence is, about asymptomatic

transmission.

I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent, and this is coronavirus,

fact versus fiction.

Right off the bat, I want to be clear.

Evidence suggests that, yes, people can spread the coronavirus even if they don't appear

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