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At least half of human-to-human transmissions of new #coronavirus occur while 1st patient is not yet showing symptoms, according to estimate by Japanese university researchers



Winston Churchill strategised from his bath. Douglas Adams spent much of his life cogitating in one, to the bemusement—and occasional fury—of his flatmate






At least half of human-to-human transmissions of new #coronavirus occur while 1st patient is not yet showing symptoms, according to estimate by Japanese university researchers

At least one of every two instances of human-to-human transmission of the new coronavirus is believed to occur while the first patient is not yet showing symptoms, according to an estimate by a group of Japanese university researchers.
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Half of secondary virus infections occur in incubation period: study

incubate 孵化
incubate
verb [ I or T ]
UK 
 /ˈɪŋ.kjə.beɪt/ US 
 /ˈɪŋ.kjə.beɪt/

incubate verb [I or T] (EGG)

 
When a bird, etc. incubates its eggs, it keeps them warm until the young come out, and when eggs incubate, they develop to the stage at which the young come out.
孵（卵），孵化
The female bird incubates the eggs for about 16 days.雌鳥孵卵16天左右。

 sitting

the incubation period 潜伏期.


flatmate/ roommate

flatmate Show phonetics
noun [C] UK
a person who shares an apartment with another person
roommate Show phonetics
noun [C]
1 a person with whom you share a room for a period of time:
Jean was my roommate during our first year at university.

2 US (UK housemate or flatmate) a person with whom you share an apartment or house:
Brian's moving out next month, so we're looking for another roommate to share our apartment.

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