The incubation for the omicron variant of COVID-19 is three days, making it shorter than other COVID-19 variants such as the delta variant, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
But in cases of the omicron variant, the incubation period is much shorter — just three days, according toBecause the omicron variant’s incubation period is much shorter than the initial strain, people who are infected are most contagious.one-to-two days before symptoms appear and two-to-three days after they appear.
“As we’ve seen these new variants develop — delta, now omicron — what we’re seeing is everything gets sped up from a COVID perspective,” Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady“It is taking less time from when someone is exposed to COVID to potentially develop infection. It is taking less time to develop symptoms, it is taking less time that someone may be infectious and it is, for many people, taking less time to recover.
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