In this undated photo, recovered patients take a group photo with the medical workers before they are discharged. (YUAN ZHENG / CHINADAILY.COM.CN)

BEIJING - Recovered coronavirus patients who were discharged from hospitalization but later tested positive again have been found not to be infectious, an official with China’s National Health Commission said on Friday.

There is a need to deepen the understanding of the novel coronavirus and improve health tracking and management of recovered coronavirus patients 

Guo Yanhong, China’s National Health Commission official

Guo Yanhong, an official with the NHC, told reporters at a daily press conference that there is a need to deepen the understanding of the novel coronavirus and improve health tracking and management of recovered coronavirus patients.

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He said that some provincial-level regions had reported positive nucleic acid test results in some patients who had been cured and discharged from the hospital.

No infected cases caused by this group of people had been found, Guo said, adding that some of them had later tested negative again for COVID-19.  

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