It doesn't matter whether he's showing symptoms or not, the World Health Organization is for sure. The WHO indeed said Thursday that all people who have been in contact with a case of Covid-19 should be tested.
This recommendation was made by WHO experts, interviewed at a press conference on the situation in the United States where health authorities have now considered that tests were no longer deemed necessary for asymptomatic patients. Responding to journalists' questions on this subject, Maria Van Kerkhove, responsible for the technical direction of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic at the WHO, did not comment on the situation in the United States but indicated that the The UN specialist agency recommended that "contacts, if possible, be tested, regardless of the development of symptoms."
"An opportunity to find active cases"
She stressed the importance of these tests, which should be "used as an opportunity to find active cases so that they can be isolated and contact tracing can also take place."
The change in US guidelines was discreetly made Monday on the website of the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, while media reported interference in this direction from the White House.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly felt that his country should screen less, judging that the tests gave a bad image of the management of the coronavirus pandemic by the United States.
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