Acta Scientific Medical Sciences (ASMS)(ISSN: 2582-0931)

Research Article Volume 6 Issue 6

Covid-19 Infection Among Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Patients in Kuwait

Huda Al-Ghareeb* and Asma AlKandari

Assistant Undersecretary of Technical Affair, MOH Kuwait, Kuwait

*Corresponding Author: Huda Al-Ghareeb, Assistant Undersecretary of Technical Affair, MOH Kuwait, Kuwait.

Received: April 11, 2022; Published: May 10, 2022

Abstract

Objective: Discuss the importance of early transmission control at the onset of an epidemic with special reference to healthcare workers in Covid-19 centers.

Summarize the clinical characteristic if fined for Covid -19 patients attending the Covid -19 centers.

Discuss the implication for design of diagnostic strategies for HCWs at risk of COVID-19.

Aim: To assess the prevalence of asymptomatic individuals in this outbreak and to describe the clinical presentation of patients with mild and moderate Covid-19.

To estimate the asymptomatic ratio- the percentage of carriers with no symptoms will improve understanding of COVID-19 transmission and the spectrum of disease it causes, providing insight into epidemic spread.

Keywords: COVID-19; Outbreak; Kuwait

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Citation

Citation: Huda Al-Ghareeb and Asma AlKandari. “Covid-19 Infection Among Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Patients in Kuwait”.Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 6.6 (2022): 102-108.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2022 Huda Al-Ghareeb and Asma AlKandari. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.




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