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DANCES WITH A DISEASE: how CUMED takes on COVID-19 27 In another study, the researchers analysed the first 56 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong from demographic and epidemi- ological data. They found that over 90% of the cases had a delay of an average six days from the onset of symptoms to isolation but might take as many as 14 in the worst case and that most patients had sought medical assistance more than once before diagnosis was made. Given the relatively long period of incubation and deceptively mild symptoms at the onset, the team exhorted the government and the public to adopt social distancing policies and practices.