Symptoms and transmission

The main symptoms

People infected with the virus can develop symptoms of varying degrees, ranging from fever or a mild cough to pneumonia or, more seriously, death. The virus has a fatality rate of about 2 to 4 percent, but this is a very early percentage that may change as more information becomes available. At the same time, this does not mean that it is not serious, just that not everyone infected with the virus will face the most serious consequences.

Route of transmission

The main means of transmission of novel coronavirus are respiratory droplets and contact transmission, aerosol and fecal-oral transmission. Epidemiological investigations have shown that many cases can be traced to close contact with confirmed cases.

• Folding direct propagation. Refers to the patient sneezing, coughing, speaking droplets, exhaled gas close direct inhalation of the infection;
• Folded aerosol propagation. Is refers to the droplets mixed in the air, the formation of aerosols, resulting in infection after inhalation;
• Folded contact propagation. Is refers to the droplet deposition in the surface of the article, contact pollution hand, then contact