Covid 19 - Glossary
Analyte : In the blood or fluid samples collected and tested in the lab, this is the chemical that is used to identify the Covid-19 virus. See Assay also. Assay : A test conducted in a laboratory to diagnose the presence of an analyte. See Analyte also. Asymptomatic cases : Refers to people who are infected with Covid-19 virus, but do not show any symptoms of the infection. It is reported that asymptomatic people can transmit the disease to others even before being tested positive. See Symptomatic also. Case Fatality Rate (CFR) : This is the proportion of people from among the positive cases who will die from Covid-19 infection. Community Spread : Merriam Webster dictionary defines it as “the spread of a contagious disease to individuals in a particular geographic location who have no known contact with other infected individuals or who have not recently traveled to an area where the disease has any documented cases. Contact Tracing : WHO defines contact tracing as “…the...