Symptoms such as a dry cough, malaise, and fever may be present in the early stages of a novel coronavirus outbreak. Pneumonia with novel coronavirus infection has a certain incubation period, which is usually around 1 to 14 days and may be a little longer in some patients. Early symptoms of novel coronavirus pneumonia may include fever, sore throat, nasal congestion, dry cough, malaise, and diarrhea. Clinically, the early stage of novel coronavirus pneumonia should be detected, isolated and treated early. Patients with suspected disease should be diagnosed by relevant chest CT and nucleic acid tests and treated symptomatically. In case of these conditions, it is important to go to the fever clinic of the hospital in the first instance and not to delay reporting the illness for fear of isolation. On the way to the hospital, avoid public transportation. It is better to take a private car or call 120 emergency to explain the situation to the medical staff, wear a mask and do a good job of protection to avoid contact with more people. 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.