Recurrence of positive SARS-CoV-2 RNA in COVID-19: A case report

The ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 that began in Wuhan, China, has constituted a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, with cases confirmed in multiple countries. Currently, patients are the primary source of infection. We report a confirmed case of COVID-19 whose oropharyngeal swab test of SARS-CoV-2 RNA turned positive in convalescence. This case highlights the importance of active surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for infectivity assessment. (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases.