Coronavirus: NHS guidelines 'reasonable'

Research suggests

Adam Saville
clock • 2 min read

Average incubation stage is 5.1 days and almost all symptoms develop within 11.5 days of infection

A report by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the US has concluded that current self-isolation timeframes being adopted to combat coronavirus (COVID-19) - including by the NHS - are ‘reasonable'. Based on its analysis of public available data, the report said the current recommendation of 14 days for active monitoring or quarantine is appropriate - however it added that during that period cases could be missed over the long-term. The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, estimated that 101 out of every 10,000 cases will develop symptoms after 14 day...

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