On February 9, the study “Clinical characteristics of novel coronavirus infections in China in 2019”, led by Zhong Nanshan, head of the high-level expert group of the National Healthcare Commission and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, was published on the preprint website medRxiv. File photo Photo according to CCTV News In the paper, the clinical characteristics of a total of 1,099 patients (as of January 29) with confirmed neocoronavirus pneumonia from 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions were retrospectively studied. The study found that the median incubation period for neocoronary pneumonia was 3.0 days, with a maximum of 24 days. Screenshot of the latest paper by Nanshan Zhong’s teamOn February 10, Guan Weijie, one of the members of the paper’s research team, told Red Star News that the article currently circulating on the Internet is not the original paper, but a preprint of the study for expert review. The paper is still in the submission stage, and needs to be peer-reviewed globally before release. In response to the article disclosure of the incubation period of up to 24 days, Red Star News reporter asked whether it has a certain degree of universality, whether the need to extend the isolation period. Guan Weijie said it is still an isolated case. Source: Red Star News