Runny nose and cough are not clinical signs of novel pneumonia and are often symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection. The common manifestations of novel pneumonia are fever and malaise, and sometimes respiratory symptoms such as sore throat and cough, but the prerequisite is a history of epidemiologic exposure. If the patient has no history of epidemiologic exposure, but simply has a runny nose and cough, the patient is considered to have a common upper respiratory tract infection and needs to seek active medical attention and complete routine blood tests. If the patient’s blood count indicates normal or below normal white blood cells, consider a viral infection and use antiviral or antipyretic medications. If the patient has elevated white blood cells and a corresponding increase in calcitoninogen, the patient is considered to have a bacterial infection and needs to be treated with antibiotics.