Whether or not a new coronavirus is infected is identified primarily by nucleic acid testing, and a negative new coronavirus is usually normal.
New Crown Pneumonia is mainly caused by the new coronavirus infection, patients usually have fever, fatigue, dry cough, breathing difficulties and other symptoms. Nucleic acid testing is the standard for diagnosing New Crown Pneumonia, and a negative New Crown Nucleic Acid test result generally indicates that there is no infection with the virus. If the patient’s test result is positive, it suggests the presence of neocoronavirus infection.
Nucleic acid testing is usually done by extracting secretions from nasal or throat swabs for nucleic acid testing. After infection with the new coronavirus, there is a certain incubation period, and the results may be false-negative, and the patient can be tested multiple times.
If you experience any of the above symptoms or have a high suspicion of being infected with the novel coronavirus, please seek medical advice from your doctor and undergo the relevant tests and treatments, and take proper protection and isolation measures during the period.
Tips] In this article, “new coronavirus pneumonia” and “new coronavirus pneumonia” have been renamed to “new coronavirus infection” on December 26, 2022, as announced by the National Health Commission.