{"id":23472,"date":"2020-02-24T21:38:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T13:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/astronaut-quarantine-period-could-extend-to-21-days-over-coronavirus-concerns\/"},"modified":"2020-02-24T21:38:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T13:38:26","slug":"astronaut-quarantine-period-could-extend-to-21-days-over-coronavirus-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/astronaut-quarantine-period-could-extend-to-21-days-over-coronavirus-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronaut quarantine period could extend to 21 days over coronavirus concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=900\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"304\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/iss_sts128\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"900,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"iss_sts128\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=900\"><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even the International Space Station can\u2019t escape the effects of the coronavirus on Earth. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Russian news agency <em>RIA,<\/em> astronauts on Earth may be faced with an extra week of quarantine before leaving the planet for the ISS. <\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-300\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spaceflight is no trivial event so astronauts currently spend 14 days in quarantine before joining the crew of the International Space Station. The procedure has proved effective to date, but heightened concern over the spread of the coronavirus which has proved challenging to contain may extend the quarantine period by 50%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There seems to be concession that a 21-day quarantine period isn\u2019t necessary for the virus that takes 2 to 14 days to incubate, but what\u2019s an extra week of solitude for good measure?<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-300',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A cosmonaut crew change is expected in early April, so the procedure change would need to be finalized over the next few days if required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even the International Space Station can\u2019t escape the effects of the coronavirus on Earth. According to Russian news agency RIA, astronauts on Earth may be faced with an extra week of quarantine before leaving the planet for the ISS. 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