Reinfection shyt kinda spooky. I hear ppl moving self quaratine from 14 days to 28 days
https://nypost.com/2020/03/08/chine...ys-after-getting-all-clear-to-leave-hospital/
Chinese man dies from coronavirus five days after getting all-clear to leave hospital
By
Lee Brown
March 8, 2020 | 11:14am
A staff member sprays disinfectant at a temporary hospital set up to treat coronavirus patients in a sports stadium in Wuhan, ChinaGetty Images
A 36-year-old Chinese man has died from coronavirus just five days after being discharged from hospital with the all-clear, according to his widow and reports.
In early February, Li Liang had been admitted to a temporary medical center in Wuhan, the
epicenter of the COVID-19 spreading across the globe, his widow, Wang Mei,
told the South China Morning Post.
“He only had a low temperature when he was admitted, only just a bit of coughing,” she said, saying he took traditional Chinese medicine twice a day and soon felt so good he volunteered to help at the hospital.
Li was eventually discharged to a temporary quarantine center at the end of the month after two swab tests came back negative for the coronavirus, his widow said.
After initially feeling sprightly enough to exercise daily, he soon started feeling sick again — and eventually died on March 2 after being rushed to Puai Hospital, Wang said.
Coronavirus was listed as the cause of death, according to a released death certificate,
according to the International Business Times.
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The case is sparking panic in China over the possibility of so-called cleared patients getting reinfected, according to the reports, with a number of Wuhan’s makeshift hospitals suspending plans to discharge patients, according to the Morning Post.
However, officials at the World Health Organisation believe it is more likely that the initial tests that cleared him were wrong, rather than him getting sick again, the International Business Times said