The most common main symptoms of novel coronavirus pneumonia are fever and cough, but also malaise, sore throat, and muscle and joint pain. The fever is mainly low and moderate, with fewer patients with high fever, and most patients may have a temperature of 37.3°C-38.3°C. For some severe cases, fever of 38.3°C or higher may occur. However, unlike other respiratory infectious diseases, and unlike both influenza and SARS back then, most heavy cases and critical cases may not have a high body temperature. Therefore, it is not possible to judge the severity of the disease by the level of temperature. The clinical judgment of the severity of the disease is mainly based on the presence of respiratory distress. Therefore, the severity of novel coronavirus pneumonia should not be judged by the temperature, as most heavy and critical cases do not have a high fever, and the temperature is only around 38°C. Heavy cases without fever can even be found. Content source: Dr. You Lai