Fourth edition of diagnostic and treatment protocol released: new coronavirus can be transmitted through contact

The National Health Construction Commission and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine announced the “new coronavirus infection of pneumonia diagnosis and treatment program (tentative fourth edition)”: ① incubation period is generally 3-7 days, the longest not more than 14 days; ② the majority of patients with a good prognosis, the symptoms of children’s cases are relatively mild; ③ children and young children also have morbidity; ④ the new coronavirus and the homology of SARS up to 85%. Source: National Health Construction Commission and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine