Incheon 9-Year-Old Child Discharged from Hospital Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Two Weeks

[Asia Economy Reporter Won Dara] A 9-year-old child who was diagnosed with COVID-19 and discharged after treatment tested positive again after fifteen days.

Incheon City announced on the 3rd that A (9), a resident of Michuhol-gu and the 9th confirmed COVID-19 case in the area, tested positive again after discharge.

A, whose father had been diagnosed with COVID-19, tested positive on the 3rd of last month and was hospitalized for about 10 days at Inha University Hospital for treatment.

Afterward, during specimen tests for discharge over two days on the 16th and 17th, A tested negative twice and was discharged on the 19th. However, upon visiting the Michuhol Public Health Center screening clinic with his mother the day before, he was tested again and found positive. A’s mother tested negative in the same test.

Health authorities urgently transferred A to Inha University Hospital and disinfected the surrounding area of his residence.

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