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There is an interesting development among diagnoses during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study published this week by the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
During the study, there were approximately 300 coronavirus patients who had been re-infected with COVID-19.
Out of the positive re-tests, none of the victims were shown to be contagious and had not infected others. The nearly 300 patients had come in contact with 790 people without passing on the disease which is promising news at a time where it is believed those who are infected by the virus can gain antibodies and immunity.
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As a result, South Korea lifted quarantine requirements for discharged patients, according to the Wall Street Journal. They also swapped out the term “relapse” for “redetected” in describing patients who tested positive again. South Korea has a total of 11,065 confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 470 recovered patients have tested positive a second time and health officials have questioned whether the virus may have been reactivated, as opposed to patients being reinfected.
The coronavirus mainly comes from animals and a majority of those who were infected early either worked at or frequently visited the Huanan seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, according to The Guardian. The virus is similar to Severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) and Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (Mers).
The Wuhan coronavirus is transmitted from person to person through “droplet transmission.” That means an infected person can pass the virus by sneezing or coughing on another person as well as by direct contact.
While a majority of the cases have been detected in the United States and China — with more than 85,000 deaths in the United States — it has now reached many countries around the world. It has also been confirmed in Italy, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and many other eastern countries.
