"Risks of contracting disease is based on epidemiologic exposure -- and therefore exposure to persons infected with the Wuhan Coronavirus, and those ill with respiratory symptoms who have traveled to Wuhan or neighboring cities," she said. "We are not clear if there are other host risks, including risk of transmission to various groups of people including pregnant women and different age groups," she said. TEXAS A&M STUDENT TESTED FOR POSSIBLE CORONAVIRUS EXPOSURE, HAD TRAVELED TO CHINAAs for the virus having an incubation period, Chew said the timetable is unclear, but estimated that anyone who's been infected should become symptomatic within five days. "Generally, coronaviruses as a family have a short incubation period of up to five days, and recent cases with Wuhan Coronavirus is consistent with this," she explained. The coronavirus, or 2019-nCoV, began at an animal and seafood market in Wuhan and has spread to several other countries, including the United States.

Source: Fox News January 24, 2020 02:03 UTC