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A recent study revealed that more than half of those infected with the Omicron mutant of the Corona virus did not realize that they had contracted the virus.
The study, conducted by researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the United States, sheds light on “submerged Covid infection” and provides a new estimate for those who contract the Cove-SARS-2 virus without realizing it for a variety of reasons ranging from not experiencing symptoms or underestimating their importance because they occur. mildly and exacerbate.”
The study indicated that "among those who were found to have contracted the infection, more than one in two, or 56 percent, did not know that they were infected," noting that "awareness will be the key that enables us to overcome this epidemic."
Previous studies have already estimated that at least 25 percent and possibly up to 80 percent of people infected with the pandemic coronavirus may not have symptoms. the nose.
The study indicated that “these results add to the evidence that undiagnosed infection can increase the transmission of the virus,” noting that “the low level of awareness of infection may have contributed to the rapid spread of the omicron mutant.”
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