On February 18, 2020, the first pathological analysis of COVID-19 revealed desquamation of pneumocytes, formation of hyaline membranes, interstitial lymphocyte infiltration and the presence of multinucleated syncytial cells in the lungs of a patient who died of the disease, which which coincides with the pathology of viral infection and ARDS and is similar to that of patients with SARS and MERS.
Mnamo tarehe 18, Februari 2020, uchanganuzi wa kwanza wa kipatholojia wa COVID-19 uliashiria kubambuliwa kwa sehemu za ndani za mapafu, muundo wa utandu wa hyaline, kuingia kwa lymphocytes mwilini kupitia vijia na seli za zenye nyulia nyingi kwenye mapafu ya mgnjwa ambaye alikufa kutokana na ugonjwa huu, kwa ulinganifu na patholojia ya maambukizi ya virusi na ARDS na sawa na ule wa wagonjwa wa SARS na MERS.