A cough is not necessarily a new coronavirus infection.
After the organism is infected with novel coronavirus pneumonia, it may develop a cough or some other symptoms similar to a respiratory infection, but some patients may not experience any symptoms.
Although coughing may be one of the symptoms caused by neocoronavirus pneumonia, you cannot rely on coughing to determine whether you are infected with the neocoronavirus or not, because many other illnesses can occur and bring coughing symptoms.
In addition to neocoronavirus infection, there are a variety of other causes that can cause coughing, such as influenza, pharyngitis, and pneumonia, etc. One should not rely on coughing symptoms alone to determine the cause of the illness.
If you suspect that you have been infected with the new coronavirus, you should undergo nucleic acid testing promptly, and once diagnosed, you will need to undergo isolation treatment.
Tip: In this article, “new coronary pneumonia and new coronary virus pneumonia” were renamed to “new coronary virus infection” on December 26, 2022, as announced by the National Health Commission.