중앙임상위 "코로나19 재양성은 '비활성' 바이러스 유전자 탓"<br /><br />South Korea's central clinical committee says reconfirmed COVID-19 patients may have tested positive again due to test kits picking up dead virus fragments.<br />The committee said on Wednesday,... that traces of inactivated virus fragments can still exist in the cells of a recovered patient,... enabling them to be detected by test kits.<br />They said it's more likely that patients testing positive again is due to this reason... rather than "reactivation" or "reinfection."<br />The committee added that...antibodies are produced to neutralize viruses after an infection,... so the possibility of being reinfected is low.<br />As of Wednesday,... 292 people in South Korea have re-tested positive for COVID-19.<br />
