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In the sixth published edition of the plan for the diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia caused by the new type of coronavirus, it states that the main modes of transmission of the virus are droplet and contact transmission.
It is specified that the virus is transmitted via „close“ contact.
The Health Commission further added that „during prolonged stays in a relatively enclosed space with a high concentration of aerosol there is a possibility of aerosol infection“.
Earlier we reported that scientists found that in some cases coronavirus symptoms can be nausea and diarrhea, and the virus itself is then transmitted via fecal matter.
At the end of December, Chinese authorities reported an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin in densely populated Wuhan (Hubei province). Experts found that the cause of the disease was a new type of coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, which is transmitted from person to person.
Symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath.
Experts from Wuhan University Affiliated Hospital found that symptoms resembling a cold or flu appear only in the later stages of the disease; at the onset it may be an atypical development of pneumonia.
After examining newly infected patients it was found that the first symptoms of the coronavirus can be diarrhea, nausea and other digestive system problems, headaches, and in rarer cases also chest pressure.
Doctors also note that in a number of cases infected patients showed only atypical symptoms of the disease and did not develop a fever, so the presence of the dangerous virus could only be detected after further tests.
