SARS-CoV-2 ndi kachilombo ka β-coronavirus, kozungulira kapena kozungulira m'mimba mwake wa tinthu tating'onoting'ono ta pafupifupi 60 ~ 140 nm, nthawi zambiri kumakhala kofanana, kosiyana ndi SARS-CoVandMERS-CoVingenetic. Zizindikiro zazikulu zamankhwala zimaphatikizapo malungo, kutopa ndi zizindikiro zina za machitidwe, limodzi ndi chifuwa chouma, kupuma movutikira, ndi zina zotero, zomwe zimatha kukula mwachangu kukhala chibayo chachikulu, kulephera kupuma, matenda otupa a m'mapapo, kugwedezeka kwa septic, kulephera kwa ziwalo zambiri, seve Matenda a kagayidwe kachakudya ka reacid-base, komanso oopsa ngakhale pa moyo. SARS-CoV-2 yadziwika ngati njira yayikulu yofalitsira kudzera m'madontho opumira (kuyetsemula, kutsokomola, ndi zina zotero) ndi kukhudzana (kutola mphuno ndi dzanja lolumikizana ndi kachilomboka, kupukuta maso, ndi zina zotero). SARS-CoV-2 ndi yovuta kwambiri pa kutentha kwa ultraviolet, ndipo imatha kuyatsidwa pa 56 ℃ kwa mphindi 30 ndi mafuta osungunuka monga ethylethylether, 75% ethanol, chlorine disinfectant, peraceticacid ndi chloroform.