I-SARS-CoV-2 i-β-coronavirus ehlanganisiwe, ububanzi bezinhlayiya ezijikelezayo noma ezi-elliptical obungaba ngu-60 ~ 140nm, ngokuvamile i-pleomorphic, ngokusobala ihlukile ku-SARS-CoVandMERS-CoVingenetic features. Ukubonakaliswa okuyinhloko kwezokwelapha kufaka phakathi umkhuhlane, ukukhathala nezinye izimpawu zesistimu, okuhambisana nokukhwehlela okomile, ukuphelelwa yisisu, njll., okungakhula ngokushesha kube yi-pneumonia enzima, ukwehluleka kokuphefumula, isifo sokucindezeleka kokuphefumula esibuhlungu, ukushaqeka kwe-septic, ukwehluleka kwamalungu amaningi, i-seve i-reacid-base metabolism disorder, futhi isongela ngisho nokuphila. I-SARS-CoV-2 ihlonzwe njengendlela eyinhloko yokudlulisela ngokusebenzisa amaconsi okuphefumula (ukuthimula, ukukhwehlela, njll.) kanye nokuxhumana (ukukhetha ikhala nomunwe othintana negciwane, amehlo ahlikihlayo, njll.). I-SARS-CoV-2 ibucayi ekushiseni kwe-ultraviolet, futhi ingasetshenziswa ku-56℃ imizuzu engama-30 nangamafutha anyibilikayo njenge-ethylethylether, i-75% ethanol, i-chlorine disinfectant, i-peraceticacid kanye ne-chloroform.