Will 2019-nCoV last as long as influenza?

No final conclusion.

How COVID-19 will develop is a problem that we all care about.

Some experts have suggested COVID-19 is highly infectious, but the mortality rate is not high. It is very similar to influenza from the characteristics of disease. It is assumed that COVID-19 may eventually persist as influenza, but its toxicity will be weakened, considering the historical data and subsequent evolution of the first influenza outbreak.

But in the interview, Academician Zhong Nanshan thought that the similarity between 2019-nCoV and SARS gene was more than 80%. "SARS virus appeared sporadically before, but could not cause disease... I don't fully believe that the 2019-nCoV will become normal like influenza, which is less likely. "

Of course, experts are also speculating. It is not yet clear how COVID-19 will develop specifically.

Last Updated On 2021-09-16