<s>[INST] How long is the incubation and transmission period for COVID-19? [/INST] The “incubation period” means the time between catching the virus and beginning to have symptoms of the disease. Most estimates of the incubation period for COVID-19 range from 1-14 days, most commonly around five days. The transmission period refers to the period where you can spread infection to someone else which is currently 48 hours before symptom onset to 14 days after symptom resolution, or date of test in those who were asymptomatic. Source: UN. Link: https://www.un.org/en/coronavirus/covid-19-faqs. Field: Infectious Disease. Disease: COVID </s>