Four Days After Full Recovery... 40-Year-Old Male in Namyangju Tests Positive Again (Update)

[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] Namyangju City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 18th that a 40-year-old man who had recovered from COVID-19 was diagnosed positive again. It has been four days since he was discharged from the hospital.

According to the city, the man living in Byeollae-dong was previously confirmed positive for COVID-19 on the 20th of last month and received treatment at Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Pocheon Hospital and Yongin Living Treatment Center. He was discharged and returned home on the 14th. Both tests before discharge were negative.

At the time of the first confirmation, the man was classified as a contact after a colleague who had returned from the Philippines tested positive for COVID-19, and he underwent diagnostic testing. After discharge, the man had no particular symptoms but visited the Pungyang Public Health Center screening clinic on the 17th before going to work and was diagnosed positive again on the same day.

According to the epidemiological investigation, the man stayed at home until the 15th after discharge. On the 16th, he was identified to have bought a mask at a pharmacy and then visited the Pocheon Gisan Fishing Site. The man was transferred to Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Uijeongbu Hospital, and two contacts are currently in self-quarantine after specimen collection.

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