Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/B_IQ53RXBrY   The South Korean Centres for Disease Control and Prevention report at least 124 relapsed cases of CoVid19.  These are patients who tested positive, clinically recovered from the disease, tested virus-negative several times, but then redeveloped symptoms and positive tests.   This represents 1.1% of the 10,591 cases to date and 1.6% of the recovered cases.  We don’t yet know if these recurrently positive cases represent reinfected individuals or those with reactivating of the virus.  We await more information about patient’s antibody status and viral genetic fingerprints.   We have to learn about this new coronavirus.  Until we do, the only safe place is away from all but your closest family members.   https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/covid-19-pandemic-more-cases-of-virus-reactivation-being-reported-in-recovered-patients-in-south-korea   #covid19 #coronavirus #reactivation #latency #reinfection