Coronavirus. Answers on questions

The most popular questions about the new virus were answered by a general practitioner, head of the admission department of K + 31 clinic Tuychieva Kamila Shavkatovna.

What is a new coronavirus?

This is a new type of coronavirus infection that has never been detected in humans before. Therefore, it was named the new coronavirus 2019 (novel coronarivus 2019 or 2019-nCoV).

Read more about symptoms of infected people.

Patients with a new coronavirus infection develop complaints of coughing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, fever. Pneumonia, a severe acute respiratory syndrome that can be fatal, can also develop.

How to understand if I got sick?

The disease can be suspected if two conditions are combined: respiratory symptoms (cough, shortness of breath, fever, chest compression) and an epidemiological history (visit to Hubei Province in China or contact with a laboratory-confirmed case of this infection within 14 days before the onset of the first symptoms) .

What is the incubation period for infection?

The period from the penetration of the virus into the body until the onset of clinical symptoms is called the incubation period. For 2019-nCoV, it is from 2 to 14 days (an average of 3-6 days).

How is the infection transmitted?

Routes of transmission of a new coronavirus infection are not yet known exactly. The virus is transmitted from an infected patient to healthy people - by airborne droplets.

Is there a vaccine for infection?

No, the vaccine has not yet been developed.

How to treat an infection?

There is no specific treatment, only symptomatic therapy.

At the first signs of the disease, we recommend that you consult a doctor immediately.