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The article presents the research data of the coronavirus 2019-nCoV. The disease was first reported in December 2019 in China. The new coronavirus, first named Wuhan, and then designated 2019-nCoV, was officially declared the causative agent of the disease by the Chinese authorities on January 7, 2020. Currently, information on registered cases of 2019-nCoV pneumonia convincingly indicates the steady transmission of the virus from person to person. The World Health Organization and Chinese doctors believe that in the future the number of milder cases of the disease will increase, but the risks of death among hospitalized patients will be about 14%. By February 4, 2020, 20 624 cases of infection were recorded, deaths were recorded in 2.2–2.8% of cases. There is currently no vaccine or specific antiviral treatment for the disease caused by 2019 nCoV coronavirus.