A 58-year-old man from Delhi presents with fever, cough, and dyspnea on day 5 of illness. RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 is negative, but CT chest shows bilateral ground-glass opacities. Which virological feature of SARS-CoV-2 best explains the delayed or false-negative RT-PCR result compared to influenza A?

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