Abstract In late December 2019, a cluster of unexplained pneumonia cases has been reported in Wuhan, China. A few days later, the causative agent of this mysterious pneumonia was identified as a novel coronavirus. This causative virus has been temporarily named as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and the relevant infected disease has been named as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) by the World Health Organization, respectively. The COVID‐19 epidemic is spreading in China and all over the world now. The purpose of this review is primarily to review the pathogen, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of COVID‐19, but also to comment briefly on the epidemiology and pathology based on the current evidence. Highlights This review is primarily to review the pathogen, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of COVID‐19, but also to comment briefly on the epidemiology and pathology based on the current evidence. We strongly recommend that the criteria of clinical diagnosed cases based on the symptoms, exposure history, and typical manifestations on chest CT imaging should be used in COVID‐19 affected areas that are in shortage of RT‐PCR testing kits to control the COVID‐19 epidemic.
【저자키워드】 COVID‐19, coronavirus, SARS‐CoV‐2, 【초록키워드】 Treatment, coronavirus disease, pathology, Pneumonia, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, virus, Symptoms, Clinical features, Novel coronavirus, COVID‐19, China, Epidemic, Chest CT, pathogen, Cluster, disease, Evidence, manifestation, criteria, World Health Organization, acute respiratory syndrome, RT‐PCR, Wuhan, China, affected, reported, diagnosed, pneumonia case, 【제목키워드】 disease,