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Coronavirus disease was first discovered in December 2019. As of July 2021, within nineteen months since this infectious disease started, more than one hundred and eighty million cases have been reported. The incubation period of the virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), can be defined as the period between exposure to the virus and symptom onset. Most of the affected cases are asymptomatic during this period, but they can transmit the virus to others. The incubation period is an important factor in deciding quarantine or isolation periods. According to current studies, the incubation period of SARS-CoV-2 ranges from2 to 14 days. Since there is a range, it is difficult to identify a specific incubation period for suspected cases. Therefore, all suspected cases should undergo an isolation period of 14 days, and it may lead to unnecessarily allocation of resources. The main objective …