That’s problematic and differs with early reports that described Covid-19 manifesting as pneumonia, according to researchers in Japan.

“Most cases are milder and could have more transmission potential because patients might not seek medical attention,” said Takeshi Arashiro, a junior resident at the Asahi General Hospital in Chiba, just outside Tokyo.

Early reports described Covid-19 manifesting as pneumonia, “but most cases are milder and could have more transmission potential because patients might not seek medical attention,” said Arashiro, who is also a collaborating researcher with the Infectious Diseases Surveillance Center in the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Tokyo.

The lower threshold for testing people for the coronavirus while the cruise ship was quarantined in Yokahama “created an opportunity to observe mild Covid-19 cases and monitor patient symptoms,” he said.

Understanding the disease pattern that coronavirus infection can cause is important for informing strategies for detecting and controlling it.

The high proportion of people who test positive for the virus and have only mild or no symptoms makes fever-screening travellers, for example, much less useful in detecting probable infections than was the case with the related coronavirus that caused severe acute respiratory syndrome 17 years ago.

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Sia is spending her time in self-isolation with a newly expanded brood. 

In a new interview on SiriusXM’s “The Morning Mash Up,” the “Chandelier” singer-songwriter opened up about adopting two teen boys last year. The boys, she explained, were both 18 years old at the time of the adoption. 

“They were ageing out of the foster care system,” she said, “and I love them.”

Sia, whose real name is Sia Kate Isobelle Furler, didn’t reveal many specifics about the 19-year-olds. As for how they were managing their time amid the coronavirus pandemic, she said, “They are both finding it pretty difficult, one more so than the other.” 

“But they’re both doing things that are really good for them right now,” she clarified. “They’re really doing a lot of educational stuff that’s good for them.” 

Sia briefly alluded to the adoption in GQ’s January profile of Diplo, whom she described as “one of the most talented and attractive people in the world.” 

“This year I wrote [Diplo] a text,” the famously private star told the magazine. “I said, ‘Hey, listen, you’re like one of five people that I’m sexually attracted to, and now that I’ve decided to be single for the rest of my life and I just adopted a son, I don’t have time for a relationship’ … If you’re interested in some no-strings sex, then hit me up.’”

Watch a segment of Sia’s SiriusXM interview below. 

News of the adoption comes as Sia is gearing up to return to the spotlight. 

On Tuesday, she dropped a new single, “Together,” which will be featured in a forthcoming movie “Music.”

Written and directed by Sia, “Music” follows Zu (played by Kate Hudson), a newly sober woman who becomes the sole guardian of her half-sister, Music (Maddie Ziegler), a young girl on the autism spectrum. The film, which also stars “Hamilton” veteran Leslie Odom Jr., will feature 10 new songs and is due out later this year. 

“I saw her on Instagram singing karaoke at her house, and she sounded like one of the only actresses who hadn’t been musical theater-trained,” Sia said of her decision to cast Hudson in the film. “So I just tweeted her.”

Billionaire investor and “Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban appeared on one of US President Donald Trump’s favourite Fox News shows Wednesday night and tore into the constant complaints coming from the White House. 

Given that Cuban is the owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, he initially spoke with Sean Hannity about how sports could return amid the coronavirus pandemic. But it wasn’t long before the conversation turned to the president ― and the exchange got a little heated.   

“This is what really bothers me about the president: He’s the most powerful man in the world and he always plays the victim card: ‘The Dems are out to get me, the media is out to get me,’” Cuban said. “You’ve got to be the leader, you’ve got to be the strongest man in the game and he just hasn’t shown that strength.”

Hannity interjected that “they” spied on Trump, but Cuban wouldn’t let him change the subject.

“Who cares?” Cuban shot back. “He’s the most powerful man in the world. Be powerful, be a leader, set an example.” 

Earlier in the interview, the two sparred over the administration’s response to the pandemic. Hannity noted that Cuban supports former Vice President Joe Biden, and said: “Tell me all the things that Bunker Joe did on coronavirus that you admire, then I’ll tell you what I think Trump did that I admire.”

But Cuban noted that Biden isn’t the president and has no role at all in the government.

“You can’t really put him in that category,” Cuban said, then shared some specific details about the Trump administration’s shortcomings.  

Check out more of their conversation below:

Like many millennials, Daniel Radcliffe is in disbelief that he’s aging.

The 30-year-old talked to Andy Cohen on “Watch What Happens Live” Monday about his “Harry Potter” co-star Rupert Grint becoming a father, sharing that he thinks it’s “super weird” that they’re both of age to be parents.

Grint and his partner of nearly a decade, actor Georgia Groome, 28, welcomed their first child together earlier this month. Radcliffe told Cohen he texted Grint “the other day” in response to the joyous news.

“I’m so happy for him. It’s very, very cool,” said Radcliffe, before adding: “It is also super weird for me to think that we are all of the age where we are having children, but we definitely are and it’s really cool.”

Radcliffe also addressed that his and Grint’s aging hasn’t just impacted them, but others who grew up alongside them while watching them on film in the film adaptations of J.K. Rowling’s series.

“We’re all just a terrible yardstick for how old you are,” said Radcliffe. “I remember when I turned 30, a lot of people in my life were really depressed to find out that had happened.” 

Radcliffe appeared on Cohen’s show opposite Ellie Kemper, with whom he stars in the new Netflix special “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend,” which was released this month. He stars as Prince Frederick, Kimmy’s love interest.