China's coronavirus has incubation period of around 5 days: Study

period between exposure to vel coronavirus and appearance of first symptoms of disease is 5.2 days on aver, a new study found. According to one of largest and comprehensive case study published on mysterious coronavirus which has claimed at least 170 lives till date, number of cases of vel coronavirus doubled every 7.4 days since its first emergence.

report, published in New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), found that median of first 425 patients with confirmed vel Coronavirus - Infected Pneumonia (NCIP) was 59 years. Among those patients, 56 per cent were male while 55 per cent of cases were linked to Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, as compared with 8.6 per cent of subsequent cases.

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researchers estimated that each infected person transmitted it to 2.2 or people on an aver, kwn as basic reproductive number, or R0. As per estimated basic reproductive number, epidemic is close to seasonal flu (around 1.3), where near measles (12 or higher) and comparable to SARS-epidemic of 2002-2003 (3). But team has also mitted that data is “imprecise” and ir findings are result of a 14-day medical observation period for people exposed to pathogen.

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IHR Emergency Committee meeting

Meanwhile, Director-General of World Health Organization has decided to reconvene International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on new coronavirus on January 30. meeting is aimed at getting vice on wher current outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) or t.

“WHO deeply regrets error in this week's situation report, which inserted word “moderate” inaccurately in #coronavirus global risk assessment. This was a human error in preparing report. I have repeatedly stated high risk of outbreak,” tweeted Tedros ham Ghebreyesus.

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