Doctors and Patients Describe Anomalous Cases of the Coronavirus

Medical workers in protective suits attend to patients at the Wuhan International Conference and Exhibition Center, which has been converted into a makeshift hospital to receive patients with mild symptoms caused by the novel coronavirus, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China on Feb. 5, 2020. China Daily via Reuters

Chinese doctors on the front lines and families of patients infected with the novel coronavirus share their observations of the disease on Chinese state media and social media. This coronavirus exhibits some alarming features and has therefore earned a reputation among Chinese doctors as a “cunning” virus.

14-Day Quarantine Is Not Enough

More and more countries have evacuated their citizens from Wuhan, and the standard routine is to place the evacuees under quarantine for 14 days and to monitor their health.

If no symptoms show up within this period of time, they would be identified as uninfected.