South Korean officials on Friday reported 91 patients thought cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again.
SEOUL: South Korean officials on Friday reported 91 patients thought cleared of COVID-19 had tested positive again.
The prospect of people being re-infected with the virus is of international concern, as many countries are hoping that infected populations will develop sufficient immunity to prevent a resurgence of the pandemic.Nearly 7,000 South Koreans have been reported as recovered from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
The KCDC's Jeong raised the possibility that rather than patients being re-infected, the virus may have been"reactivated".False test results could also be at fault, other experts said, or remnants of the virus could still be in patients' systems but not be infectious or of danger to the host or others.
With at least 6,807 confirmed cases, Daegu accounts for more than half of all South Korea's total infections.
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