EXPERT QUESTIONS VIRUS INCUBATION PERIOD

THERE IS NOW A QUESTION OF WHETHER CORONAVIRUS HAS A LONGER INCUBATION PERIOD THAN PREVIOUSLY BELIEVED. CHINESE MEDIA NOW REPORTS THAT ONE PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED 42 DAYS AFTER SHE RETURNED HOME FROM WUHAN. WHILE A NEW STUDY, LED BY CHINA’S TOP CORONAVIRUS EXPERT, FOUND THE VIRUS’ INCUBATION PERIOD COULD BE AS LONG AS 24 DAYS. BUT U.S. EXPERTS REMAIN SKEPTICAL.