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. 2020 Mar;25(10):2000191.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.10.2000191.

Post-discharge surveillance and positive virus detection in two medical staff recovered from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), China, January to February 2020

Yuanyuan Xing  1   2 , Pingzheng Mo  3   2 , Yu Xiao  1   2 , Oiu Zhao  4 , Yongxi Zhang  3 , Fan Wang  4
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Post-discharge surveillance and positive virus detection in two medical staff recovered from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), China, January to February 2020

Yuanyuan Xing et al. Euro Surveill. 2020 Mar.

Abstract

Since December 2019, 62 medical staff of Zhongnan Hospital in Wuhan, China have been hospitalised with coronavirus disease 2019. During the post-discharge surveillance after clinical recovery, swabs were positive in two asymptomatic cases (3.23%). Case 1 had presented typical clinical and radiological manifestations on admission, while manifestation in Case 2 was very mild. In conclusion, a small proportion of recovered patients may test positive after discharge, and post-discharge surveillance and isolation need to be strengthened.

Keywords: COVID-19; medical staff; positive detection; post-discharge surveillance.

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Figure 1
Throat swab virus tests and chest computed tomography findings of COVID-19 Case 1 from symptom onset to post-discharge, China, January–February 2020
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Figure 2
Throat swab virus tests and chest computed tomography findings in COVID-19 Case 2 from symptom onset to post-discharge, China, January–February 2020
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