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Asymptomatic Covid-19 cases

A headline in a British tabloid newspaper claimed that ‘Staggering 86% who tested Covid positive in lockdown had NONE of the official symptoms’ but what does this mean and is it true?

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Mon 2 Nov 2020 10:50GMT
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