Coronavirus Has an Incubation Period of up to 24 Days and That’s 10 Days Longer Than Previously Thou

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Strange Sounds 2/10/2020

Coronavirus Has an Incubation Period of up to 24 Days and That’s 10 Days Longer Than Previously Thought

Medical researchers in China have found the incubation period for coronavirus ranges up to 24 days.

That’s 10 days longer than experts previously thought.

The research was co-authored by Dr Zhong Nanshan, who discovered the SARS coronavirus in 2003 and has been appointed as a leading advisor in managing the current coronavirus crisis.

Current advice from health organisations and ministries say the virus’ incubation period is as long as 14 days, based on the incubation period of previous MERS viruses.

Public Health England and the Department of Health and Social Care has urged anyone travelling from specific countries, including China, to quarantine themselves at home for 14 days.

The new study

The new findings have not yet been peer reviewed. Of course!

The results were obtained analysing data from 1,099 coronavirus patients from 522 hospitals in 31 provinces in China.

Of those patients, 55 were admitted into the intensive care unit, some with severe pneumonia as a result of the virus, and 15 died.

They found only 1.18 per cent of patients “had a direct contact with wildlife.”

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