The Fourth COVID-19 Patient Discharged... 'Third Fully Recovered Discharge' (Comprehensive)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Hyung-gil] The third patient infected with the novel coronavirus in South Korea has been discharged.

On the 9th, the Central Disease Control Headquarters and Bundang Seoul National University Hospital announced that the fourth patient (a 55-year-old Korean male) was discharged at 9 a.m. that day.

According to the hospital, this man showed no symptoms, and tested negative in two consecutive real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests conducted 24 hours apart.

The fourth patient was confirmed with the novel coronavirus on the 27th after returning from Wuhan, China on the 20th of last month, and was receiving inpatient treatment at Bundang Seoul National University Hospital.

With the discharge of the fourth patient, the total number of fully recovered and discharged patients in South Korea has increased to three, including the first and second patients.

The second patient (a 55-year-old Korean male), who was the first to be discharged domestically, was released on the 5th. Following that, the first patient (a 35-year-old Chinese female), who was the first confirmed case in South Korea, was discharged on the 6th.

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