Japan has reported its first case of a person becoming reinfected with the coronavirus after having “fully recovered.”
Officials in Japan have told media that a woman, who previously had the virus, has been re-infected with it. Sparking fears that the virus may stay dormant after “treatment.” The woman, who has not been named for obvious reasons, works as a bus tour guide in Japan.
A third death was reported on Wednesday, so there are now 189 confirmed cases of the Wuhan Coronavirus in Japan, not including the 639 people who were on the Diamond Princess cruise ship that was docked for two weeks at Yokohama.
There are worries over the cancellation of the Olympics, officials say.
The woman in her 40’s from western Japan, re-tested positive on Wednesday after developing some of the common symptoms; a sore throat and chest pains.
She was first diagnosed in late January, but was “treated” and discharged by February 1st. Despite this worrying discovery that the virus may re-surface in previous patients, no other second cases of the virus have yet been confirmed anywhere in the world, not even in China.
