1.The novel coronavirus belongs to β genus. Current research shows that its homology with bat SARS-like coronavirus (bat-SL-CoVZC45) is more than 85%.

2.The virus is sensitive to ultraviolet light and heat.

3. The virus can be inactivated at 56℃ for 30 minutes. Ethyl ether, 75% ethanol, chlorine disinfectant, peracetic acid, and chloroform are proved to be effective as well.

4. Chlorhexidine has been found to be ineffective in inactivating the virus.

5. Patients infected with the new coronavirus are the major source of infection themselves.

6. Asymptomatic carriers can also be a source of transmission.

7. Asymptomatic cases have a weaker transmissibility. According to Li Xingwang, a member of China's national medical expert team against the coronavirus, those patients without symptoms are less contagious as they carry a low viral load. People usually catch the disease through close contact with infected patients, which is often the case among family members.

8. Zhong Nanshan, a leading expert tackling the virus, said, “Early detection and early isolation are currently the most effective ways to prevent and control the epidemic.”

9. The World Health Organization says the current outbreak of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus does not constitute a global epidemic at this stage.

10. The major routes of the coronavirus infection are respiratory droplets and contact transmission. 

新冠肺炎的30個真相（上篇）

1. 新型冠狀病毒屬于β屬的新型冠狀病毒，研究顯示與蝙蝠SARS樣的冠狀病毒（bat-SL-CoVZC45）同源性達85%以上。

2. 病毒對紫外線和熱敏感。

3. 56°C30分鐘、乙醚、75%乙醇、含氯消毒劑、過氧乙酸和氯仿等脂溶劑均可有效滅活病毒。

4. 氯己定不能有效滅活病毒。

5. 目前所見的傳染源主要是新型冠狀病毒感染的患者。

6. 無癥狀感染者也可能成為傳染源。

7. 無癥狀感染者傳播力較弱。國家醫療專家組成員李興旺：無癥狀感染者的病毒載量可能比較少，傳播力也會較弱，多是在和病人接觸較多的情況下發生的，尤其是家庭聚集性感染比較明顯。

8. 鐘南山強調，目前最有效的防控手段就是早發現、早隔離。

9. 世衛組織：新型冠狀病毒感染的肺炎疫情尚未構成全球性流行病。

10. 經呼吸道飛沫和接觸傳播是主要的傳播途徑。