The Wuhan epidemic has attracted worldwide attention and the new coronavirus has touched people's hearts. How long is the virus incubation period? Will the incubation period be contagious? What symptoms will occur after infection? Many experts answered this for the public.
Shanghai Medical Treatment Expert Group leader Zhang Wenhong said that through existing cases, according to the calculations of epidemiological , it was found that the incubation period of this virus this time is 7 days on average, and the incubation period of the virus that is exposed to is shorter, and vice versa. Two to three days shorter, and 13-14 days long. It is worth noting that the virus is contagious during the incubation period, which is also the reason why it is recommended that everyone move less and gather less.
I still remember Academician Zhong Nanshan said that every time he passed by his doorstep, he could only look away but not enter. This is the norm for medical workers, because he had to be isolated. Zhang Wenhong said: "People who seem to have no symptoms at all in may also be in the incubation period. When they go out at this time, they may infect others. The first thing a person who has come into contact with a patient needs to do when he returns home is to isolate himself for two weeks." What are the symptoms of infection with the new coronavirus in
? Gao Zhancheng, a member of the expert group of the National Health Commission, said that according to the existing cases, the symptoms shown by patients infected with the new coronavirus pneumonia virus are low temperature (high fever), dry cough, and symptoms such as chest tightness and shortness of breath gradually appear after three to five days. The symptoms worsen after activity, and even later respiratory failure and shock are manifested. "Once you have such symptoms or have come into contact with patients with such symptoms, you must seek medical treatment in time," he said.
Author: Shen Qiusha
Editor: Li Chenyan
