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COVID-19 may have longer incubation period of eight d..evious estimates of four to five days, scientists say – Firstpost

Using a method, researchers calculated that the average incubation period was 7.75 days with 10 percent of patients showing an incubation period of 14.28 days.

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Press Trust of IndiaAug 10, 2020 09:38:59 IST
The incubation period of COVID-19, which is the time after which those infected with the novel coronavirus start showing the first symptoms, could be as much as eight days longer than previous estimates of four to five days says a new study which involved the largest amount of patient samples to date in such an analysis.
The research, published in the journal Science Advances, identified pre-symptomatic individuals at their time of departure from t…

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