How to distinguish between influenza and COVID-19 is more obvious

The general symptoms of COVID-19 are severe, including fever, cough, fatigue, and even myalgia. The general symptoms of cold patients are mild. Local respiratory symptoms: only a few patients with COVID-19 have catarrhal symptoms, including nasal congestion, runny nose and sore throat. Patients with colds mainly have respiratory symptoms such as significant nasal congestion, frequent runny nose, coughing, and discomfort in the throat. Temperature: fever is the first symptom of COVID-19, and the condition of patients with persistent high fever is relatively serious. When you have a cold, you may not necessarily have a fever. Even if you have a fever, the duration of the fever is short. Symptoms one week after the onset, many patients with COVID-19 have dyspnea and hypoxemia one week after the course of disease.