Asymptomatic COVID-19 patients: a threat to an active otolaryngologist

Ravinder Singh Nagi; Satinder Pal Singh; Prahlad Duggal

doi:10.18203/issn.2454-5929.ijohns20203591

Authors

Ravinder Singh Nagi Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Government Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab
Satinder Pal Singh Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Government Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab
Prahlad Duggal Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Swift Hospital, Amritsar, Punjab

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/issn.2454-5929.ijohns20203591

Keywords:

COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Otolaryngology, Health care workers protection, Asymptomatic infection

Abstract

A new virus was reported for causing a spurt of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, Hubei 56 province in China in December 2019. This coronavirus, was initially named as the 2019- novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) on 12 January 2020 by World Health Organization (WHO). WHO officially named the disease as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19) and coronavirus study group (CSG) of the International Committee proposed to name the new Coronavirus as SARS-CoV-2, both issued on 11 February 2020.

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Author Biographies

Ravinder Singh Nagi, Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Government Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab

Assistant Professor

Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery

Satinder Pal Singh, Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Government Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab

Senior Resident

Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery

Prahlad Duggal, Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Swift Hospital, Amritsar, Punjab

Consultant ENT Head Neck Surgeon

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