Wednesday, 23 September 2020

New Zealand identifies its first coronavirus case – seven months after infection

<b>New Zealand identifies its first coronavirus case – seven months after infection</b><br/>https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3102662/new-zealand-identifies-its-first-coronavirus-case-seven

The mystery is solved! A New Zealand man infected seven months ago, has been identidied as the first coronavirus case.

The infection occurred in late February after exposure to a visitor from Italy but the family suffering symptoms was not tested at the time, because their cases did not the case definition of the time.

The man recently developed a sore throat and sought testing. His weak positive result and serology test results and case history indicated an old infection of the virus.

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