From: slider@atashram.com

A Japanese man in his 70s was initially infected while on board the
Diamond Princess. After receiving the all clear he came back to the
hospital two weeks later when his temperature spiked and he tested
positive for a second time. After surviving the disease whilst on the
Diamond Princess the man fell ill again with a fever and temperature of 39°Celsius.

The man was diagnosed in Tokyo with COVID-19 on Saturday.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1256040/coronavirus-reinfection-news-recover-patients-second-time-china-japan-south-korea

Philip Tierno Jr., a professor of microbiology and pathology at New York University, said: “Once you have the infection, it could remain dormant
with minimal symptoms”

“And then you can get an exacerbation if it finds its way into the lungs”.

Many health care professionals are now seeking to discover whether it’s possible for patients to catch the coronavirus more than once after data
from both China and Japan reflect this alarming aspect of the disease.

In mainland China, where the outbreak originated and where the majority of cases occurred, there have been more than 100 reported cases of patients released from hospitals after recovering only to return later and testing positive for the coronavirus a second time.

In at least one instance, a 36-year-old man died earlier in Wuhan, China,
the epicentre of the outbreak, five days after health officials declared
he had recovered and discharged him from the hospital.

In China’s Guangdong province, health officials said 14 percent of people
who recovered in the province who were later retested were positive.

Similar cases have been reported in Japan and South Korea.

A woman working as a tour bus guide in Japan tested positive for
coronavirus for the second time after developing a sore throat and chest
pain.

She first tested positive in late January and was discharged from the
hospital in early February after showing signs of recovery.

At the moment, scientists are cautious to conclude that reinfection is the likely explanation for patients who test positive a second time.

They note that the possible cause could be testing errors, and releasing patients from hospitals too prematurely

Keiji Fukuda, director of Hong Kong University’s School of Public Health, told the Los Angeles Times and said: “If you get an infection, your immune system is revved up against that virus.

“To get reinfected again when you’re in that situation would be quite unusual unless your immune system was not functioning right.”

Mr Fukuda said it’s more likely patients are being released from hospitals while carrying dormant fragments of the disease that are not infectious,
but resemble the virus when tested.

He added: “The test may be positive, but the infection is not there,”

In a hearing before the US House of Representatives Oversight and Reform Committee on Thursday, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Disease, was asked if people who have contracted
the virus might now be immune.

Mr Fauci said: “We haven’t formally proved it, but it is strongly likely that that’s the case.

“Because if this acts like any other virus, once you recover, you won’t
get reinfected.”

Much is still unknown about the novel coronavirus that has infected more
than 137,000 people across the globe and killed more than 5,000 and
scientists claim they are learning new details by the day.

### - korea has since upped the numbers from 91 friday to 111 cases sunday
of either reinfection or reactivation albeit no ones really sure what's happening here, both china & japan also now reporting similar cases of
people seemingly cured of the virus and testing negative before release,
now again testing positive and developing symptoms...

best case scenario: a 'non-infectious' re-activation that's only fooling
our still primitive tests but which means nada

worst case scenario: actual re-infection by the other 'strains' of it that
have subsequently been discovered traveling in different directions around
the globe

so then, hopefully nada...

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