The Health Secretary stated that the UK Government is looking into the possibility of a high proportion of people infected with COVID-19 coronavirus being asymptomatic. Mr Hancock added that this feature is not typical in other coronaviruses and that it has contributed to the global scale of the pandemic.  

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Mr Clark said: “My committee has heard international evidence that a very high proportion of people with COVID-19, over 50 percent, are asymptomatic themselves but can infect others.

“Should asymptomatic NHS and care workers be regularly and routinely tested?”

Mr Hancock replied: “This is something we are looking at.

“The asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19 is one of the novel features of it.

“It is not typical amongst coronaviruses.

“It is one of the single most difficult things that has caused this pandemic to be so severe across the world.

“The answer to your question is yes that is something that we are looking at.

“I am talking to hospital chief executives about it.”

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At the time of writing, Britain has the 6th highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world.

The UK has more than 103,000 cases in total.

The death toll in Britain is currently higher than 13,000. 

A total of 861 people died as a result of coronavirus yesterday in the UK.

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Worldwide there have been more than 2,200,000 COVID-19 cases.

The death toll has reached more than 147,000 at the time of writing.

More than 557,000 people have recovered from the coronavirus across the globe.

The United States has the highest amount of COVID-19 cases in the world with more than 678,000 confirmed cases.

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