51 South Korea patients re-diagnosed with COVID-19 after recovery: report

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https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/04/08/20/51-south-korea-patients-re-diagnosed-with-covid-19-after-recovery-report

 A total of 51 patients in South Korea were re-diagnosed with COVID-19 after recovering from the respiratory disease, according to a report that quoted Seoul officials. 

Experts were dispatched to the COVID-19 hotspots of Daegu and North Gyeongsang province, where many of these cases were reported, said public broadcaster KBS. 

 

Blood tests and other measures will examine whether the cases were reinfection or reactivation of the virus, the report quoted Director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) Jeong Eun-kyeong as having said. 

China and Japan earlier reported suspected cases of COVID-19 re-infection. 

Experts say there are several ways discharged patients could fall ill with the virus again, Reuters reported. Convalescing patients might not build up enough antibodies to develop immunity to SARS-CoV-2, and are being infected again. The virus also could be “biphasic,” meaning it lies dormant before creating new symptoms.

Other experts have also raised the possibility of “antibody-dependent enhancement,” which means exposure to viruses might make patients more at risk of further infections and worse symptoms.

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SOUTH KOREA EXPERTS SAY RECOVERED CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS RETESTED POSITIVE BECAUSE OF 'DEAD' VIRUS PARTS
 

Health experts in South Korea are addressing the nation's growing incidence of former coronavirus patients who have retested positive for the disease after having previously recovered. According to Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, figures published Wednesday indicated that 292 people countrywide had tested positive for the respiratory illness since initially contracting it and later testing negative, suggesting conceivable recovery from infection. However, discussing the upward trend in positive retests during a recent news conference, officials from KCDC's clinical committee for emerging disease control said the pattern does not necessarily reflect a reoccurrence of active infection.
 

https://www.newsweek.com/south-korea-experts-say-recovered-coronavirus-patients-retested-positive-because-dead-virus-parts-1500998

[OriZ 3,157]

Yeah, I believe we talked about this already. It's not that they were re-infected.

[Dashinka 24,797]

22 minutes ago, OriZ said:

Yeah, I believe we talked about this already. It's not that they were re-infected.

I don’t recall that conversation as I just heard about this in the morning.  I just wanted to update this thread that was raising the alarm bells a few weeks ago.

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3 hours ago, Dashinka said:

I don’t recall that conversation as I just heard about this in the morning.  I just wanted to update this thread that was raising the alarm bells a few weeks ago.

Likely because it spurs the hopes of some that the economy stays shut down.