SARS-CoV-2 ine hutachiona hweβ-coronavirus, dhayamita yedenderedzwa kana elliptical yeinenge 60 ~ 140nm, inowanzo ratidzika zvakanaka, zviri pachena kuti yakasiyana neSARS-CoVandMERS-CoVingenetic. Zviratidzo zvikuru zvinosanganisira fivha, kuneta nezvimwe zviratidzo zvesystem, zvinoperekedzwa nekukosora kwakaoma, dyspnea, nezvimwewo, izvo zvinogona kukurumidza kukura mupneumonia yakaoma, kutadza kufema, chirwere chepfungwa chekufema, septicshock, multi-organ failure, seve reacid-base metabolism disorder, uye kunyange inotyisidzira hupenyu. SARS-CoV-2 yaonekwa senzira huru yekutapurirana kuburikidza nemadonhwe ekufema (kuhotsira, kukosora, nezvimwewo) uye kubata (kunhonga muromo neruoko mukubata nehutachiona, kukwenya maziso, nezvimwewo). SARS-CoV-2 inonzwa kupisa kwe-ultraviolet, uye inogona kuvhurwa pa56℃ kwemaminitsi makumi matatu uye nemafuta anonyunguduka senge ethylethylether, 75% ethanol, chlorine disinfectant, peraceticacid uye chloroform.