Incubation period 24, `` less scientific '' Chinese authorities experts explain 15:16 on February 12
Zhongnanshan, head of a team of Chinese health authorities' experts, interviewed state-owned China Central Television on Thursday night and reported that Chinese researchers have longest incubation period for new coronaviruses in articles published by Chinese researchers. He explained that the case lasted 24 days, "it is not very scientific."
This paper was published jointly by Chinese researchers and other Chinese researchers on the Internet on September 9 and analyzed the clinical data of 1099 Chinese patients infected with the new coronavirus. He pointed out that the period was up to 24 days.
Based on this paper, Mr. Jong was just before the official announcement, and based on the story of the patient surveyed, the number of days from contact with the source of the virus infection until the symptoms appeared was calculated. Explained that one person had an incubation period of 24 days.
He pointed out that "it is not very scientific to determine the longest incubation period of the virus based on the case of only one patient," he said, with an average incubation period of 4 days for all patients. Was.
According to China Central Television, Mr. Jong may reach a peak in the spread of infection in China from mid to late this month in a video conference with medical professionals on the 11th, and will treat patients with severe symptoms. Showed that there were difficulties.