SARS-CoV-2 yana da alaƙa da β-coronavirus, diamita na sassan jiki na kimanin 60 ~ 140nm, sau da yawa yana da siffar jiki, a bayyane yake ya bambanta da SARS-CoV da MERS-CoV halayen kwayoyin halitta. Babban bayyanar asibiti sun haɗa da zazzabi, gajiya da sauran alamun tsarin, tare da tari busasshe, dyspnea, da sauransu, wanda zai iya haɓaka cikin sauri zuwa matsanancin ciwon huhu, gazawar numfashi, ciwon numfashi mai tsanani, girgizar septic, gazawar gabobin da yawa, seve Rashin daidaituwar metabolism na reacid-base, har ma da barazana ga rayuwa. An gano SARS-CoV-2 a matsayin babban hanyar watsawa ta hanyar digo na numfashi (atishawa, tari, da sauransu) da kuma tuntuɓar (yana ɗaukar hanci tare da hulɗa da ƙwayar cuta, goga ido, da sauransu). SARS-CoV-2 yana da saurin amsawa ga yanayin zafi na ultraviolet, kuma ana iya kunna shi a 56℃ na tsawon minti 30 kuma ta hanyar sinadaran da ke narkewa kamar ethylether, 75% ethanol, maganin kashe ƙwayoyin cuta na chlorine, peracetic acid da chloroform.