[Breaking] Seoul City Determines "10 Cases of Positive Retests from Preliminary Tests Are Not Reinfections"

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Seung-gon] On the 21st, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that the 10 cases of COVID-19 re-positivity detected through proactive testing of the general public were not reinfections.

Park Yumi, Director of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Citizen Health Bureau, stated during the online 'COVID-19 Regular Briefing' on the 21st, "In May, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency conducted epidemiological investigations and laboratory tests on re-positive cases. Virus culture tests performed on samples from those who tested positive again all came back negative."

A re-positive diagnosis refers to cases where citizens who had previously been declared recovered from COVID-19 and discharged later tested positive again after applying for proactive testing conducted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government for the general public.

She continued, "We investigated whether any infections occurred among contacts of the re-positive individuals, but no infections were found. Considering the virus culture tests and the lack of infectiousness among contacts, we concluded that these cases were not due to 'virus fragments' or 'reinfection' and reported this to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency."

Ultimately, the authorities concluded that these cases were not reinfections of COVID-19 but were caused by 'dead virus fragments.'

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