A new study published Tuesday by University of Cambridge researchers suggests thousands of health care workers in the United Kingdom may be unknowingly infected with COVID-19 while showing up to work each day.
"Focusing solely on the testing of individuals fitting a strict clinical case definition for COVID-19 will inevitably miss asymptomatic and pauci-symptomatic disease," the study said."This is of particular importance in the presence of falling numbers of community COVID-19 cases, as hospitals will become potential epicentres of local outbreaks."
Clinical staff wear Personal Protective Equipment as they care for a patient at the Intensive Care unit at Royal Papworth Hospital on May 5, 2020 in Cambridge, England. NHS staff wear an enhanced level of PPE in higher risk areas such as critical care to minimize the spread of infection between staff and patients. Despite these efforts, a new study by researchers at the University of Cambridge suggests 3 percent of NHS workers have contracted COVID-19 and are asymptomatic.
In response to the results, Cambridge researchers suggested frequent testing for all health care workers, whether they present symptoms or not.
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