WASHINGTON, Jan 30 — The period between exposure to the new coronavirus that originated in China and symptoms is 5.2 days on average, but varies greatly among patients, according to one of the largest studies yet published on the deadly epidemic. While admitting that the estimate is...
Scientists work in VIDO-InterVac's laboratory on researching a vaccine for novel coronavirus, at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada October 18, 2019. — VIDO-InterVac/University of Saskatchewan handout via Reuters
The World Health Organisation said in an update Monday that the incubation period ranged from between two and 10 days before symptoms like fever, cough, shortness of breath and acute respiratory distress emerged.The researchers also studied the virus's first 425 patients in order to establish two other fundamental characteristics of the outbreak.
The figure doesn't predict how big an epidemic will eventually be, but is a useful measure nonetheless. In this case, it is relatively low: close to the seasonal flu , much less than the measles and comparable to the SARS-epidemic of 2002-2003 .
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