CDC Released Texas Patient Who Later Tested Positive for New Coronavirus

CDC Released Texas Patient Who Later Tested Positive for New Coronavirus
People arrive from Wuhan, China, aboard a chartered Boeing 747 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas on Feb 7, 2020. Billy Calzada/The San Antonio Express-News via AP
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a patient from isolation in San Antonio, Texas, after two tests returned negative for the new coronavirus, but the person later tested positive.

The patient “met the criteria for release,” including two negative test results and a lack of symptoms, the federal agency said in a statement, “but later returned to isolation after a pending, subsequent lab test came up positive for the virus that causes COVID-19.”

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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