No report of long Covid-19 incubation period in Malaysia, says Noor Hisham

PUTRAJAYA (Nov 1): Covid-19 cases involving an incubation period of more than 14 days have never been reported in the country, said health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

However, he said such cases had been reported abroad.

“Most Covid-19 cases were detected on the seventh, eighth and up to the 13th day and 25% of those quarantined showed symptoms on the 12th or 13th day.

“However, the 21-day [incubation] period has never been reported,” he told a daily press conference on the development of Covid-19 here yesterday.

He said this in reply to a question about the case of a woman who was reported to have returned to Sarawak from Labuan and tested positive in the third test that was done on the 18th day.

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