Study: COVID-19 may have longer incubation period of 8 days

The method has better accuracy by relying on a public database of dates of infection, and uses statistical methods to reduce recall bias - the inaccurate recollection of past events, the scientists said. Using the new approach, the researchers calculated that the average incubation period was 7.75 days, with 10 per cent of the patients showing an incubation period of 14.28 days.

They said the findings may concern health authorities relying on the standard 14-day quarantine, but cautioned that their approach relies on several assumptions and may not apply to later cases in different parts of the world where the virus may have mutated.

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