Patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia will present with cough symptoms, but less sputum, mainly as a dry cough. Most patients mainly have symptoms such as fever, general malaise, malaise and muscle aches; a small number of patients will also exhibit nasal congestion, runny nose, headache, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other manifestations. People with a clear history of exposure or who have traveled, worked or lived in endemic areas should go to the local fever clinic for examination if they have the above-mentioned symptoms, and isolate and treat them in a timely manner after diagnosis to avoid cross-infection or delayed illness.