Patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia may present with a cough and fever. The patient’s cough tends to be less sputum and more dry. There may be a little white sputum, and in severe cases there may be blood in the sputum. Patients may have a variety of presentations. Some patients may have fever and cough at the same time; some may have fever followed by cough, or cough followed by fever, in no fixed order; some may have cough without fever; some may have a heavy cough and fever. The diagnosis of novel coronavirus pneumonia cannot be made by fever after a few days of cough, cough after a few days of fever, or the presence of fever, dry cough, or sputum. In addition to clinical symptoms, an epidemiological history should be taken, and a comprehensive diagnosis of the disease should be made by combining blood tests, pathogenic examinations, and chest imaging. Content source: Dr. You Lai