China Doctors Seek Tougher Discharge Criteria After Positive Coronavirus Tests

China Doctors Seek Tougher Discharge Criteria After Positive Coronavirus Tests
Medical staff treat patients infected by the COVID-19 CCP virus at a hospital in Wuhan, China, on Feb. 24, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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BEIJING—Worrying cases of recovered coronavirus patients in China testing positive again for the infection have raised questions among doctors about the criteria being used for discharging people from hospital.

This has raised disturbing questions about the true state of people’s recovery and their potential to spread the virus without showing symptoms and has led to calls for more stringent scrutiny of people being discharged.