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The incubation period of the novel coronavirus can be as long as 24 days and the existence of super spreaders is not ruled out, according to a study led by Zhong Nanshan, leader of the high-level expert group created by the National Health Commission to fight the virus.
The study, published on medRxiv on Saturday, is based on a retrospective study of the clinical characteristics of 1,099 patients (as of January 29) confirmed with novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP).
