Asymptomatic transmission was indeed suspected but a german doctor actually discovered a case and published the first paper about it. A chinese business woman w

Asymptomatic transmission was indeed suspected but a german doctor actually discovered a case and published the first paper about it. A chinese business woman with no symptoms had infected co-workers while visiting the company's headquarters in Bavaria. She developed the disease only after returning to China (but had reported jet-lag which might have covered up some early symptoms). Paper: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001468 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001468 Story: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/27/world/europe/coronavirus-spread-asymptomatic.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/27/world/europe/coronavirus-...