2 Clinical Characteristics

In severe cases, in addition to “rapidly progressing to acute respiratory distress syndrome, septic shock, difficult to correct metabolic acidosis, and hemorrhage and coagulation dysfunction”, “multiple organ failure” can also occur in the worse.

As for laboratory examination, it is emphasized that “To improve the positive rate of nucleic acid detection, it is recommended to collect and retain sputum in general patients except those performed with tracheal intubation(lower respiratory tract secretions should be collect); and all the specimens should be sent and tested as fast as possible.”