Abstract: As a serious threat to public health, viral pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 has a significant impact on China's economic development, social stability and international exchange. Due to the strong infectivity, fast transmission and high mortality of SARSCoV-2, and especially to the current lack of effective therapies, it is particularly urgent to develop vaccines and drugs for the treatment of COVID-19. This article reviews the sources of the virus, routes of transmission, clinical symptoms, prevention and control, and the treatment of new coronavirus pneumonia, together with the current research progress on anti-COVID-19 drugs.