Apr 13, 2020 08:40 AM
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https://www.medicaldaily.com/recovered-c...-19-451795
EXCERPT: The World Health Organization (WHO) is launching an investigation on several reports tied up to the COVID-19 pandemic. There are claims that people who had previously tested negative are now testing positive for the coronavirus while other reports allege that people who have recovered from it are getting reinfected.
[...] Recently, it was reported that South Korea had 91 patients who were believed to have recovered from COVID-19 have tested positive again. According to Jeong Eun-kyeong, the director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, explained that the virus may have reactivated in the patients rather than getting reinfected, Bloomberg reported.
[...] The trend has left health officials baffled but maintains that an epidemiological investigation is needed to determine the actual cause of why patients are testing positive after previously testing negative for the coronavirus. According to guidelines from WHO on clinical management, a clinically recovered COVID-19 patient should test negative for the virus twice with tests conducted at least 24 hours apart before they can be discharged from the hospital.
[...] The allegations go against the previous claims of infectious disease experts that people who recover from the coronavirus are already protected from potential reinfection... (MORE - details)
EXCERPT: The World Health Organization (WHO) is launching an investigation on several reports tied up to the COVID-19 pandemic. There are claims that people who had previously tested negative are now testing positive for the coronavirus while other reports allege that people who have recovered from it are getting reinfected.
[...] Recently, it was reported that South Korea had 91 patients who were believed to have recovered from COVID-19 have tested positive again. According to Jeong Eun-kyeong, the director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, explained that the virus may have reactivated in the patients rather than getting reinfected, Bloomberg reported.
[...] The trend has left health officials baffled but maintains that an epidemiological investigation is needed to determine the actual cause of why patients are testing positive after previously testing negative for the coronavirus. According to guidelines from WHO on clinical management, a clinically recovered COVID-19 patient should test negative for the virus twice with tests conducted at least 24 hours apart before they can be discharged from the hospital.
[...] The allegations go against the previous claims of infectious disease experts that people who recover from the coronavirus are already protected from potential reinfection... (MORE - details)
