Chinese medical expert warns recovered coronavirus patients may still be contagious

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A Chinese respiratory expert at the frontline of the battle against Covid-19 has warned that recovered patients may still be able pass on the coronavirus that causes the disease.Zhao Jianping, head of a team working to contain the outbreak in Hubei, said there had been cases where patients still tested

A Chinese respiratory expert at the frontline of the battle against Covid-19 has warned that recovered patients may still be able pass on the coronavirus that causes the disease.

In a separate interview with The Beijing News on Wednesday, Zhao said one of his patients had been discharged from hospital after two laboratory tests proved negative. But several days later the patient came down with a fever, and this time tested positive again. In the Canadian province of Ontario the first two cases of Covid-19 have seen the patients continue to give positive test results after recovering, according to The Star newspaper.

Qiu Haibo, from the National Health Commission, told China News Service on February 4 that patients in recovery and those who have recovered should not be contagious. Chinese province tries to end coronavirus confusionCowling also said that even if some of those patients did prove to be infectious, it would be important to monitor how frequently it occurred.

 

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