Aftab Kahn said he’s decided to move to nearly 90% telemedicine after several staff members and patients came down with COVID-19.

Kahn said 50% of COVID-19 transmissions, especially with omicron, happens before a patient develops any symptoms.

Because of the scarcity of testing, Kahn said it’s hard to even know how many people may be carrying COVID-19, let alone both viruses.

See: 9 things to know about the new omicron COVID-19 variant.

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