What are the common symptoms of COVID-19?

The main manifestation is acute respiratory infection.

• Fever above 38℃ is mainly seen. However, critical patients may not have obvious fever.

• It may be combined with dry cough, fatigue and dyspnea.

• Occasionally, there are symptoms such as nasal congestion, running nose, sore throat and diarrhea.
• Some patients only show low-grade fever, slight asthenia, etc., with no signs of pneumonia.

Incubation period: after being infected with 2019-nCoV, the disease may not come on immediately, and this interval is called the “incubation period” in medicine. The incubation period of COVID-19 is 1-14 days, mostly 3-7 days.

What complications may be caused by COVID-19?

Similar to the aggravation of many diseases, some patients with COVID-19 will get worse after a week, and may progress into the following life-threatening conditions:

• Acute respiratory distress syndrome;
• Septic shock;
• Metabolic acidosis;
• Bleeding and coagulation dysfunction;
• Renal failure or other organ failure.