Covid-19 special: Discharged British man tests positive again
By Huu Cong, Manh Tung April 14, 2020 | 08:37 am GMT+7
In an unusual development, “Patient 22,” a British man discharged from Da Nang March 27 has tested positive again, putting HCMC on guard.
He had come into contact with dozens of people in HCMC before leaving the country, local officials said.
Authorities learnt of this special case Sunday evening, Nguyen Tan Binh, Director of HCMC Health Department said at a Monday afternoon meeting.
He said that the Covid-19 illness might have recurred within the patient or he might have got infected again after he was discharged from the hospital in Da Nang.
“From now on, visitors to Ho Chi Minh City must be closely monitored,” Binh said.
Reports had said that female “Patient 50,” a 24-year-old Vietnamese woman being treated in the northern Quang Ninh Province, and “Patient 91,” a 43-year-old British man in HCMC, had also tested positive after negative results and they are still undergoing treatment.
Meanwhile, a Reuters report Monday said at least 116 people initially cleared of the novel coronavirus had tested positive again in South Korea.
Six employees at Smithfield Foods Arnold plant test positive for coronavirus
MICHAEL DIVITTORIO | Monday, April 13, 2020 10:13 p.m.
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Six employees at the Smithfield Foods plant in Arnold tested positive for coronavirus.
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776 President Wendell Young said four people reported positive tests last week, and two more tested positive as of Monday.
He said those individuals have not been to work for at least several days. UFCW represents 107 workers at the plant.
The plant implemented multiple safety measures to combat the coronavirus prior to the employees testing positive, including rigorous cleaning throughout the day and overnight.
Yeah, this “re-infection” is deserving of interest.
I’ve assumed the reports were the result of the atrocious nature of testing. But maybe not.
After all, it’s not unusual to have more than one ‘cold’ in a season.
I do not think it is a case of reinfection, but of resurgence, meaning Covid does not go all away but resides at a level testing does not detect, and then comes back once the patience gets tired thru resumed activity.