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S. Korea Sees No Infection Risk from Relapse Cases

SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean health authorities said Monday they will lift quarantine measures for patients who retested positive for the new coronavirus, as they did not find any evidence that such cases pose the risk of infecting others. Coronavirus relapse cases have been a headache for public health authorities here in [...]

Recovered Virus Patients Retest Positive Due to ‘Dead’ Virus Fragments

SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean health experts said Wednesday that recovered coronavirus patients may have tested positive again due to traces of virus fragments that have been inactivated. As of Tuesday, a total of 277 people who recovered from COVID-19 have retested positive here, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control [...]