COVID-19 Positive retests

Nearly 300 people in South Korea who have recovered from COVID-19 have tested positive a second time, leading to speculation of reinfection. One official there said it is possible that the second positive tests after recovery could be related to inactive virus RNA in patients’ cells, Newsweek reports. As of Wednesday, 2.7% of adults in South Korea who’d recovered from COVID-19 — and 3.4% of recovered children — had tested positive again.

Newsweek story on positive retests