SARS-CoV-2 e na le β-coronavirus e matla, bophara ba di-circular kapa elliptical sheet bo ka bang 60 ~ 140nm, hangata e na le pleomorphic, e fapane ka ho hlaka le SARS-CoVandMERS-CoVingenetic species. Lipontšo tse ka sehloohong tsa bongaka li kenyelletsa feberu, mokhathala le matšoao a mang a tsamaiso, a tsamaeang le khohlela e omileng, dyspnea, jj., e ka holang ka potlako ho ba pneumonia e matla, ho hloleha ha ho hema, lefu la khatello ea maikutlo le matla a ho hema, septicshock, ho hloleha ha litho tse ngata, tse latelang bothata ba metabolism bo thehiloeng ho asiti, esita le bo behang bophelo kotsing. SARS-CoV-2 e hlwailwe e le mokhoa o ka sehloohong oa phetiso ka marotholi a phefumoloho (ho thimola, ho khohlela, jj.) le ho kopana (ho ntsha nko ka letsoho ha le kopana le vaerase, mahlo a ho hlafuna, jj.). SARS-CoV-2 e utloa bohloko ho ultravioletraya le mocheso, mme e ka kenngwa tshebetsong ho 56℃ ka metsotso e 30 le ka mafura a qhibilihang jwalo ka ethylethylether, 75%ethanol, chlorine disinfectant, peraceticacid le chloroform.