The confirmation of the new coronavirus pneumonia requires laboratory evidence, that is, one of the evidences with pathogenic or serological requirements. One is real-time fluorescent RT-PCR detection of positive coronavirus nucleic acid, or the viral gene sequencing is highly homologous to known new coronavirus, and the other is the positive of serum novel coronavirus-specific IgM and IgG antibodies. Serum novel coronavirus-specific IgG antibodies change from negative to positive, or the recovery period is four times or more higher than the acute period. The diagnosis of new coronavirus requires one of the three above to be diagnosed.

The nucleic acid detection of the new coronavirus should be the most convenient, and it is now widely used in clinic. Nucleic acid detection kits that can produce results within 30 minutes have been developed. However, in nucleic acid detection, the process of sampling materials, transporting specimens, and testing are also required. Due to different regions and different conditions, this process takes different time to complete, and you should be able to get the results within an hour.