Patients with suspected novel coronavirus pneumonia will often present accordingly and will have epidemiologic exposure. For suspected patients, nucleic acid testing is generally used, and if the nucleic acid test is negative, the suspected diagnosis can be ruled out. However, if there is a history of close contact and corresponding clinical manifestations, it is still prudent to proceed with the treatment and a 14-day isolation period is recommended. If there is close contact without corresponding clinical manifestations, isolation for 14 days is also recommended. However, if a suspected patient is diagnosed, he or she needs to be collected and sent to a specialized medical institution for screening and confirmation of the disease. Therefore, the suspected patients should be treated differently according to the nucleic acid test results and the absence of close contact. However, if patients are diagnosed as suspected, they should be carefully screened and the necessary isolation measures should be applied. Content source: Dr. You Lai