Understanding the behaviour of the virus will help scientists develop a vaccine. Photo: Xinhua
SCMP: Coronavirus still stumps experts on when human carrier turns infectious
* Identifying how long it takes before carriers start to spread the virus could prove key to curbing the spread of Covid-19
* Researchers are trying to determine whether it can be transmitted before carriers start to show symptoms
Global health experts are divided on whether the coronavirus outbreak has peaked or worse is to come, but a more fundamental problem for front-line hospitals and laboratories is identifying when a person carrying the virus becomes infectious to others.
Scientists say this could be a key to defeating the disease it causes, now officially known as Covid-19. In other words, knowing how it behaves allows for the development of counter strategies.
The ideal countermeasure is a vaccine, but because doctors are dealing with a previously unknown virus, infectious disease experts, including Professor John Nicholls from the University of Hong Kong, said it would take many months to develop and test a drug to fight it.
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Coronavirus is a bigger threat than terrorism: World Health Organization
We'll find out more about the virus now that it has travelled outside of China. I don't believe the Chinese government what so ever regarding the origin of the virus, incubation period, mortality rate etc. British news media are playing it down. I hope they are correct although it looks like its gone bandy in China. Time will tell. 🖖🤪
HOW CHINA HELPING CITIZENS TO COPE WITH VIRUS
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This is crazy
Help
Only the devil knows
Remarkable
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