https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247%2823%2900005-8/fulltext “Mean incubation period varied across variants: 4·96 days (95% CI 4·90–5·02) for #alpha (B.1.1.7), 5·18 days (4·93–5·43) for #beta (B.1.351) and #gamma (P.1), 4·43 days (4·36–4·49) for delta (B.1.617.2), and 3·61 days (3·55–3·68) for #omicron (B.1.1.529) compared with 4·61 days (4·56–4·66) for the #HistoricalStrain. Participants with omicron had a shorter #IncubationPeriod than participants with the historical strain (–0·9 days, 95% CI –1·0 to –0·7).

SARS-CoV-2 has evolved an incubation time more like seasonal coronaviruses - Enlarge (credit: Getty | picture alliance)

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