https://www.scmp.com/rss/505651/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus which causes Covid-19, has infected almost 2.5 million people around the world and claimed 170,000 lives. But some people don’t even get symptoms. Recent studies suggest as many as 80 per cent or more of those infected are “silent carriers”, showing no or very mild symptoms. It seems children and young, healthy people are more likely to be asymptomatic. But to calculate the true proportions of people who have no symptoms right through to severe illness, testing would... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3081029/why-do-some-people-coronavirus-get-symptoms-while-others-dont?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3081029/why-do-some-people-coronavirus-get-symptoms-while-others-dont?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Apr 2020 08:00:18 +0000